OPINION:
      An absolutely totally absurd statewide issue on next Tuesday’s general election ballot is State Issue I that would all but legalize small amounts of such hard drugs as heroin and fentynal.
      Drugs fuel much crime, like shoplifting, burglary and robbery because users don’t have the money to buy the illegal stuff they put into their bodies. Often when these addicts are arrested, they expect pity and treatment, because withdrawals from addiction is so painful.
      Issue I calls for a constitutional amendment mandating the state should use public money to rehabilitate heroin users, more tax money for dead beat addicts and criminals.
      We don’t see it that way at all. Drugs like heroin and fentynal are illegal, and they kill people.
      We stand with Mahoning County Drug Court Judge Jack Durkin and strongly urge a NO VOTE ON ISSUE 1.