To the editor:

I write this letter to you in awareness of Drug Awareness Month. When I was ISS teacher at Nora Davis School about 19 years ago, one of the students that was sent to in school suspension was trying to sell some pills for 50 cents apiece. I took the pills, threw them away and had a very serious talk with him. Two years later we ran into each other and he thanked me for the words of advice I gave to him and for not “busting” as he said on him.

This incident inspired me to write the following poem that I would like to share with you and all your Laurel Leader-Call readers. I pray that it will catch the attention of our younger generation.

— Dorothy Walton Porter

Laurel

DRUGS

Neither a drug user or a dope dealer be,

For you can harm yourself or someone else you see.

Don’t make your living by selling drugs to others;

Not to your sisters, your friends, or even to your brothers.

Drugs are very harmful and detrimental to your health.

Don’t let this be the only way you can obtain your wealth.