I do not feel bad. I really don't. Drugs are a choice and dealing is a choice. Apparently San Diego State University makes the wrong choices. Today, 96 people were arrested at my school. The SDSU police and the DEA have been investigating for five months. The beginnings of this investigation started in May of 2007 when a girl from the sorority, Alpha Phi died from a drug over-dose. In February of this year, another student died. He was part of Sigma Pi fraternity, and died of an over-dose. Several of these students arrested were criminal justice and homeland security majors. Sounds like a bad joke right? I wish it were. I am thoroughly embarassed by this drug bust that is making national headlines all of the country. A normal person would think one person dying would prevent the second death, but it didn't. It took two deaths and one of the biggest college drug ring busts in history to make people see. Did the dealers really think that they wouldn't get caught? Two deaths, and they didn't stop. They were killing people. They provided drugs that lead to deaths. I am ashamed of my school right now. I am not sorry it happened though. I am glad. I have heard numerous people on campus saying, "Fuck the police, they ruined these guys lives." Actually, the police did their job, and the drugs did their job too. These students CHOSE to do drugs, and chose to sell them, and that is their own fault. I hope that this can help to prevent deaths, and lower the rate of drug use around my campus. This situation shows that drugs really can hinder a person's judgement and logical thought process. Had they not been enveloped by the drug lifestyle of dealing and using, they may have thought, "Hmm the police might investigate the death of that girl, maybe I should get out now." But they didn't, because money and drugs were more important. So you all know the size of this drug bust, here is some information on it. "Officials say the evidence seized as part of Operation Sudden Fall includes four pounds of cocaine, 50 pounds of marijuana and 350 ecstasy pills. Authorities also took one shotgun, three semiautomatic pistols and $60,000." "In all, authorities confiscated more than $100,000 worth of drugs, Mosler said. Bags of marijuana weighing four or five pounds would sell for $4,000 to $5,000, he said, and a kilogram of cocaine would sell for about $17,000." "DEA agents infiltrated several student drug distribution cells and made more than 130 drug purchases and seizures, a news release said." I hope with all my heart and logic that people will learn not to deal drugs and create links between themselves and Tijuana Cartels. I hope my campus came become a somewhat safer environment with much less dealing and using. This is a disturbing issue for me, and I am still in disbelief that at this moment people I know are sitting in a police station, or even a jail cell. Hopefully, you all realize the impact of this situation and it doesn't happen to your college. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/06/sdsu.bust/index.html?iref=24hours