If drugs no longer existed, most
of the people who work in this office
would be out of a job.
But narcotics feed and fuel
the crime rate.
Fort Worth police believe 80 percent of
the crimes they investigate are committed
by addicts trying to support their drug
habit in a massive drug bust earlier
this year in Fort Worth.
Police believe jewelry they recovered is
hot, but this problem is not just
a local one. The relationship between
drugs and crime is a national concern.
At a convention of judges and attorneys
in Fort Worth, statistics were quoted to
show how an addict can initiate a crime
wave.
But over an 11 year period,
some two hundred and forty three addicts
committed about one 1/2 million
crimes, an average of
2000 crimes each
competition in drug business.
The struggle to survive and claim
large shares of the profits that are out
there requires and produces
tremendous violence and corruption.
Webster says. Fighting drugs and
therefore fighting crime is the top
national law enforcement priority.
Today, he told the group a new working
relationship between the FBI and the Drug
Enforcement Administration and a new
federal task force on drugs are aiding
the battle.
But the availability and consumption of
drugs is on the rise, and that leads to
the unsettling conclusion that the crime
rate will follow.
Kevyn Burger, Channel 5, Action News,
Fort Worth.