Orange County Orlando recently held its first meeting of “the Heroin Task Force”, but the meeting was upstaged by a big celebrity with a big and heart felt idea.
World Timeshare magnate David Siegel rendered a heat felt speech to kickoff press conference. This support comes just 10 weeks after his own 18-year-old daughter died of a drug overdose.
As a parent of 4 daughters I could not comprehend the pain he must of been feeling and my sympathy hopefully echoes across the pond.
In support of this worthwhile initiative the meeting also explained that “Three hundred fifty people in USA will die of an overdose each day,
Those statistics became reality and was confirmed as co-chair Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings took to the podium stand.
He explained “While we were here, I was notified that we are responding to an overdose call down on the South Orange Blossom Trail-Landstar area, so this is something that happens many times a day.”
Siegel the timeshare magnet stole the show though with a bold policy goal. He explained “I will fight to make his daughter’s life mean something”.
“My first goal in this fight is to get random drug testing, not only in the universities, but also in the high schools and the middle schools.”
The idea is likely unconstitutional, but Siegel will press on anyway, saying parents will think it is great.
“If they knew what was going on in these universities that they would even want their children to a university where drug use is rampant, and if a university was advertising that they were drug testing, that’s where I would want to send my child and you would want to send your child as well.”
Siegel told us after the press conference he planned to put colleges, starting with the University of Central Florida, in a delicate position: adopt the drug testing, or people will think the school condones drug use.
The “Heroin Task Force” itself will look for other solutions like more effective drug treatment, and better prevention efforts in schools.
A commendable effort !!!!!!!!
Well done
Kind Regards
TCA
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