Lawmakers bring drug fight to playground
Seek more prison time for dealers targeting kids
Playgrounds have become a new front in the war on drugs.
Two Brooklyn lawmakers – state Sen. Marty Golden and Assemblyman Joseph Lentol – are both pushing legislation that would put drug dealers behind bars for longer periods of time if they are convicted of selling narcotics in a playground or in a park.
Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southwest Brooklyn) is the sponsor of a bill recently passed by the senate 56-3 to increase penalties for the sale of controlled substances in playgrounds and parks.
“Parks and playgrounds should be about swings, slides, and fields – not drugs,” Golden said.