By Carl Greaux
Illicit drugs present a clear and present danger in St. Kitts-Nevis and the wider Caribbean. Numerous problems, ranging from production of illicit drugs to trafficking, as well as money laundering and drugs consumption, constitute the main elements that plague the global society.
Due to the geographic location between the main drugs-producing countries in South America and the larger consumer markets in North America and Europe, many countries in the Caribbean region are vulnerable to drug trafficking. It is now estimated that 40% of all cocaine entering the US market comes through the Caribbean, which include St. Kitts-Nevis. In addition, it has been calculated that from the total illicit drugs transiting the region, an increasing portion is being left behind for local consumption. This action is fast becoming a practice and traffickers are paying in kind with drug services rendered.
Recently, the Police Task Force in Nevis has been successful in the seizure of a substantial amount of cocaine and other illicit drugs, and so did the Anti-Gang Unit in St. Kitts. Additionally, the Drug Squad and the Customs Department have step up the fight against illicit drugs.
As a Police Officer, I want to encourage the general public to continue the fight against this drug called ‘cocaine’ and all other illicit drugs, and to work closely with the Police and other Law Enforcement Agencies.
However, I think that we all should say ‘THANK YOU’ to the person who wrote the poem called ‘My name is Cocaine’.
Let us now read the poem below, slowly and attentively, and shear it with others as we work together and fight this scourge of society.
My name is Cocaine
(Anonymous)
My name is Cocaine - call me Coke for short,
I entered this country without a passport.
Ever since then I've made lots of scum rich,
Some have been murdered and found in a ditch.
I'm more valued than diamonds, more treasured than gold,
Use me just once and you too will be sold.
I'll make a schoolboy forget his books,
I'll make a beauty queen forget her looks.
I'll take renowned speaker and make a bore,
I'll take a mother and make her a whore.
I'll make a schoolteacher forget how to teach,
I'll make a preacher not want to preach.
I'll take all your rent money and you'll get evicted,
I'll murder your babies or they'll be born addicted.
I'll make you rob and steal and kill,
When you're under my power you have no will.
Remember my friend my name is "Big C",
If you try me just one time you may never be free.
I've destroyed actors, politicians and many a hero,
I've decreased bank accounts from millions to zero.
I make shooting and stabbing a common affair,
Once I take charge you won't have a prayer.
Now that you know me what will you do?
You'll have to decide, it's all up to you.
The day you agree to sit in my saddle,
The decision is one that no one can straddle.
Listen to me, and please listen well,
When you ride with cocaine you are headed for hell!!!
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