To the editor: Whereas I applaud the authorities for cracking down on the events who equipped and administered the medication within the heartbreaking overdose dying of actor Matthew Perry, it appears to me that they principally go after the offenders when the sufferer is a well-known particular person.
Your paper has reported that individuals had been held accountable within the deaths of Mac Miller, John Belushi, Michael Jackson, Tyler Skaggs and, most not too long ago, Robert De Niro’s grandson.
In 2022, in line with the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, almost 108,000 individuals on this nation died of drug overdoses. My 20-year-old niece was one in every of them, and though the police had been known as when she was discovered lifeless in her condo, they did nothing to analyze the place she had obtained the fentanyl-laced tablets.
Once more, I’m grateful that fees have been filed in relation to Perry’s premature dying. I’m simply questioning how many individuals is likely to be saved if authorities sought out not solely the individuals who cost $55,000 for the medication, but additionally those who cost $55.
Kyle Colavitti, Simi Valley
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To the editor: All of us assist rounding up the “unhealthy guys” who allegedly dedicated egregious crimes resulting in the premature deaths of actors Matthew Perry and Johnny Wactor. The perpetrators ought to be held accountable and pay the worth.
Whereas supporting the investigation and prosecution of those acts, I’m reminded of our two-tiered justice system, the place fame and fortune unleashes limitless assets leading to swift motion to carry individuals accountable.
I had a superb buddy who not too long ago died of a fentanyl overdose in North Hollywood, and no motion was taken to carry anybody accountable. Was his seller the identical one who equipped the medication to Perry?
I’ve witnessed catalytic converter theft in my neighborhood, solely to be instructed by cops that they didn’t have the assets to analyze this crime. Had been these the identical individuals who killed Wactor?
All crimes deserve the identical urgency and assets as these given to these within the public eye. Till then, it’s honest to query the motives behind efforts to unravel these tragic crimes — is it actually “justice for all,” or public-relations justice?
Anthony Lucente, Studio Metropolis
