Legalizing medication
One reads yet one more story concerning the Drug Enforcement Company’s bust of members of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel for trafficking in harmful and damaging unlawful opioids fentanyl, methamphetamine, and others. A big amount of money was likewise seized. (“A Warning for Cartel Members: Native Sinaloa takedown a part of giant fed push to wipe out group,” by Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 9/4/2025)
It’s gone the time when these medication ought to have been legalized. As soon as that happens, drug dependancy instantly will change into a public well being and medical downside, not a prison regulation enforcement and incarceration downside. A large change from prisons to drug remedy facilities would happen. As well as, the corruption afflicting the prison justice system – bribes taken by DEA brokers and their state counterparts – would disappear in a single day.
It’s true {that a} substantial a part of my regulation apply would dry up. Nevertheless, that may be a sacrifice I’m very happy to make.
Harvey A. Silverglate
Cambridge
ICE in Boston
Actually don’t perceive why each Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey are so hell bent towards having U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers in Massachusetts with authorized paperwork do their job.
If Wu and Healey don’t like what they doing, then contact our 9 Massachusetts Congressional representatives and alter the regulation.
Tony Meschini
Scituate
Plane carriers
The U.S. Navy’s worldwide sea energy commitments require the provision of a minimum of 11 plane provider strike teams.
Our 11 plane carriers barely meet deployment wants resulting from world-wide flareups, transit occasions, routine upkeep, emergency upkeep, and in-port replenishment.
The helpful lifetime of our carriers is 50 years, and our oldest provider, the united statesNimitz, is 50 years previous and due for retirement. Its retirement will in all probability be prolonged.
Two Ford class carriers are underneath building, the united statesJohn F. Kennedy and the united statesEnterprise. Each carriers ought to incorporate drone warfare operations. We have to approve building of our subsequent Ford class provider, CVN -82, the united statesClinton, as quickly as doable to interchange growing old carriers and it ought to incorporate offensive and defensive drone warfare techniques.
Delays within the procurement and building of the Clinton may have vital unfavorable impacts on our Navy ship constructing manufacturing strains which embrace 2,000 companies and 60,000 staff. If the state of affairs isn’t addressed quickly, suppliers might disappear, and extremely expert staff might transfer on to different jobs. Moreover, the provider shipbuilding trade may not have the ability to get well from these losses.
The US has to proceed to problem the increasing naval forces of China and Russia; and preserve the ocean lanes open. About 90% of world commerce flows throughout the oceans.
Donald Moskowitz
Londonderry, NH
