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Alcohol Problem in Alaska
By Morgan Doubleday
November 09, 2005
Wednesday PM
Reading the Police/Court reports of Ketchikan, Sitka and Juneau
have convinced me that this culture has developed a serious alcohol
PROBLEM here in Alaska. It's not possible to read the numbers
of alcohol reports logged daily by the officers on duty and not
come to the conclusion that Alcohol is a major problem in our
communities. Problem consumption is at the base of just about
every case on the court calender. As a Judge I would be very
disappointed to see the same folks time and again, and then it
appears to be children of these same folks following in their
footsteps.
No I'm not anti-alcohol (past
Bar owner) nor proposing prohibition, I'm just saying let's look
at things we can do to change these poor patterns that we have
fallen into, take the burden off of the court system and do more
to help our friends and neighbors with this disease called alcoholism.
Morgan Doubleday
Sitka, AK - USA
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