An Urgent Question I Posed Today to Utah State Lawmakers: Do Utah Youths Have Extensive Drug-Trafficking Role?

 I posed two urgent questions today to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the "Utah State House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee" of the Utah Legislature here in Salt Lake City:

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From: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@att.net>

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Sent: Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 1:21 AM

Subject: Do UT Youths Have Extensive Drug-Trafficking Role?

https://www.cambs.police.uk/police-forces/cambridgeshire-constabulary/areas/campaigns/drug-dealing/?fbclid=IwAR0JLQL0NNkeKu1raVlFFuLlEwAqcYdCIyy0ilmWvy4jddxnWrs2B-Vncew

March 26, 2024

Dear Chairman Ryan Wilcox, Vice Chairman Matthew Gwynn, and Other Very Honorable Members of the "Utah State House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee" of the Utah State Legislature, 

Best Wishes to each of you very Influential committee members.

As a single adult white male permanent Utah resident (ever since January 1, 2023) with a full three-fourths of my ancestry being either English or Scottish,  I was shocked to learn yesterday through online research that male youths in a favorite foreign country of mine----England----currently have an extensive role in illicit-drug- trafficking inside  that Northern European country.

As I'm sure each of you is very aware, Utah has one of the highest percentage of residents with English ancestry of any state in the entire  USA.

Some of the very alarming statements in this recent official online report from Great Britain (online link provided above) are:

"Transporting drugs

"Drug dealing groups often use young people to deliver their drugs, by paying them or by forcing them through violence and grooming.

"These young people, known as 'runners', are usually male and aged between 12 and 20. The young people travel between cities and other areas to deliver drugs and collect cash on behalf of the dealers.

"Forced drug transporting

"In most cases, those delivering drugs across the country are being forced to do so by the dealer. "Members of organised crime groups target vulnerable people to handle drugs for them, to take away the risk of getting caught with drugs themselves. The targeted vulnerable drug transporters are often(:)...

"children in care

"children absent from school

"children missing from home

"single parents on low incomes."

Chairman Wilcox and Vice Chairman Gwynn, do either of you very influential Utah  state lawmakers have any reason to believe that male youths here in Utah are currently  being forced to act as illicit-drug "delivery persons" on behalf of illicit-drug dealers in our state?

If so, do you believe the State Government of Utah should develop and help fund an effective  strategy to prevent that outrageously flagrant abuse of minors here in the Beehive State?

Thank you in advance for your helpful reply letter to me on this major issue for our state.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

former Texas DPS full-time employee John Kevin McMillan.

I am the youngest grandson of Murray (UT) butcher shop owner and LDS member  Parley Neal McMillan of Murray and his devoted wife, LDS member Mrs. Alice Mae Pugh (her maiden surname name) McMillan of Murray.

My solo-occupancy rental -home address ever since June 1, 2022:

535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

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