Letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor: East Rockaway, Lynbrook

Aug. 21-27, 2014

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Addiction help is available

To the Editor:
The Aug. 12 drug bust in Brentwood is just one of the pieces of Long Island’s puzzle to bring down groups of dealers who are now handling door-to-door delivery of heroin and cocaine across Long Island. The Brentwood home was filled with over 100,000 bags of heroin and cocaine, $200,000 in cash, an assault rifle, handguns and shotguns.
The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence has been instrumental in leading the fight for treatment and referral services to those struggling with addiction. The LICADD team is here 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, 365 days a year for on-demand services. Services include anger management classes, relapse prevention services, family education and support, prevention through Student Assistance Program education programs, mentoring services for children of incarcerated parents, family, individual and workplace chemical dependency interventions, chemical dependency evaluations and treatment referral services.

For more than 58 years, LICADD has successfully delivered evidence-based programs designed to prevent and treat substance abuse and addiction. LICADD offers crisis intervention, screenings, referrals to treatment and several family education workshops to help Long Islanders struggling with the effects of addiction.
Rosalba Messina
Interim executive director
LICADD


Where was the watchdog?


To the Editor:
The word is that $20 million is about to be spent for a new Nassau crime lab. Sounds great! The reason for it, however, is a crime. Those who ran the old lab were declared dysfunctional regarding training and qualifications. Forty-seven highly paid detectives staffed it, while trained lab technicians could have done a credible job at one-third of the price. The powers that be never apologized to the public for this fiasco, but instead gave it a spin by saying the 47 detectives would return to the precinct.
Where was the watchdog? There was none. What did any elected official say about this monumental shame? Nothing. The Nassau County Police Department has had more than its share of fiascos that have cost us, the taxpayers, millions of dollars. Those elected say nothing. There are unique laws that hide their misdeeds from the public. Whose police department is it?
Our local elected county and township representatives have had their jobs for years, yet never said a word about anything. That’s our fault, as we expected nothing from them. What will be the next Nassau Police Department fiasco?
Richard Creeron
Valley Stream