Should there be a Drug Dealer registry?

3-17-2011 Michigan:

We know about the sex offender registry, but what do you think about a drug dealer registry? Should cities have a drug dealer registry?

In Michigan people are considering having drug dealer registry. A Michigan man want to create the registry after his 17 year-old daughter died of a heroin overdose. Several Michigan teens' have died from drug doses.

The controversy behind whether or not the registry will be created is like the sex offender registry, some of its offender listed reported that their partner lied about how old they were. Then you have where recently in Michigan a police was arrested for planting drugs on a man he stopped for a traffic violation.

We all know about how DNA testing have overturned convictions. So do you think the registry should be created? ..Source.. by Darlena Bonds

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Task force demands drug dealer registry in response to string of fatal overdoses in Fenton area

3-9-2011 Michigan:

FENTON TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Area lawmakers have agreed to look into creating a drug dealer registry similar to the state's sex offender registry at the request of a Fenton-area task force created amid a string of fatal drug overdoses.

"These people are preying on our kids," said Fenton Township Trustee Tony Brown after a forum organized by the task force to explore ways to fight drug use on Tuesday. "Let's expose them."

Brown was Briona Jawhari's debate coach at Lake Fenton High School before the 17-year-old died on Valentine’s Day of an apparent heroin overdose.

He and other leaders of the task force want to name the registry "Briona's List."

"Drug dealers work in this cloud of secrecy," Brown said. "As long as they can keep this cloud of secrecy, they can continue to do what want to do."

During a forum held by the task force on Tuesday, state Sens. John Gleason and David B. Robertson said they would explore legal issues and the feasibility of creating such a registry.

"I, like everyone else, am concerned about what's been going on for the last few weeks and for a long time," said Robertson. "I'm certainly willing to entertain recommendations from law enforcement... I'm happy to consider and introduce legislation as necessary."

Genesee Circuit Court Judge Duncan Beagle said during the Tuesday forum that the idea should be thoroughly studied.

"The idea should be put on the table for consideration," he said. "You're going to need some experts to sit down and explore it."

Gleason also wants the task force to help spread word inside area schools about a Sheriff's office drug tip line that students can use to anonymously provide information on drug dealers.

The number is (810) 424-4444.

"We need to have the schools buy into it," he said. "The kids know where it's coming from. We need to give the kids an avenue where they can tell people what's happening."

Briona's father Sam Jawhari, who is also involved in the task force, said the effort would have made his daughter proud.

"She cared about people so much, so I know she would be proud," he said.

Jawhari attended the Tuesday meeting of about 30 people and said it was the first time since his daughter's funeral that he's been around a large group of people.

"There's a hole in my heart," he said. "I want something good to come out of it."

Fenton Township Clerk Robert Krug said the group plans to fight hard for the registry.

"Briona's list will be a reality or Tony (Brown) and I will go hoarse talking about it," Krug said. ..Source.. by Khalil AlHajal | The Flint Journal

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