True or not true: The family can do more to stem drug use
Alcoholic Myth-of-the-Month: It's the families' fault
"The family can do more than the law in stemming drug use."
"I'm going to continue to make a hard run at the families of these gang members. You are responsible, partially, for the lack of help your child gets.â€
So said Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, stepping up his pressure on parents to take responsibility for their children in the wake of the cold-blooded murder of Deputy Jerry Ortiz, allegedly by known gang member Jose Luis Orozco.
One of the more obvious problems with this is that Orozco is 27. His parents, described as "religious and hard-working"by a former neighbor who was "offended"by Baca's remarks, moved to Las Vegas two years ago to get away ...