Fighting drugs with $93,000 sports car raises questions

WOODBINE - The Camden County Sheriff&#39;s Department is convinced that showing off a $93,000 Viper sports car is one way of grabbing the attention of kids and preventing them from taking drugs. Other officials aren&#39;t so sure. <br> <br> The county&#39;s new Drug Awareness and Resistance Education car is a 2001 Dodge Viper RT/10, which game reach 200 miles per hour. <br> <br> Lieutenant Williams Terrell, a sheriff&#39;s department spokesman, said it&#39;s hard to impress kids and grab their attention because of television and video games. <br> <br> Terrell said, ``Once we have their attention, then we can focus on getting them to listen and show them how to resist peer pressure to use drugs and alcohol.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Others, however, wonder if the car, which recently won a national contest in Las Vegas, Nevada, for its custom paint job, cost too much. <br> <br> The sports car was purchased with forfeited drug money from seizures made by the sheriff&#39;s department. <br> <br> DARE officer, Captain David Gregory, acknowledged that a few people have complained about the money spent on the car. <br> <br> Gregory said, ``The sheriff&#39;s response has been you can&#39;t put a price on a child&#39;s life.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Terrell said Camden County&#39;s drug enforcement efforts along I-95, a drug pipeline between South Florida and the northeastern United States, have seized more than $14 million in cash over the past 15 years. Those funds have gone to purchase patrol cars, weapons and training and education programs.

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