Oh, I think it s a largely private effort. I think that only if it s something that is absolutely going to happen with clear advantages to our community, do we then get the public sector involved. But principally this is a privately-led effort, the funds ought to be privately generated. Orange County has committed no dollars towards an Olympic effort and I think that s the way it should be. It seems like you can t pick up the newspaper without reading about someone who has overdosed on drugs and is either dead or perhaps disabled.
Orange County has an on-going community effort to fight drugs.
You ve said that this is something that the government cannot do alone. First let me say that I am really saddened when I hear about people who have fallen prey to drugs and their lives being at risk. As a parent of a college student, I am frightened by those kinds of news reports and my heart goes out to their families. When this kind of thing happens. Unfortunately, though, it s a reality of the year 2000 and American life.