Pubdate: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Copyright: The Vancouver Sun 2000 Contact: 200 Granville Street, Ste.#1, Vancouver BC V6C 3N3 Fax: (604) 605-2323 Website: http://www.vancouversun.com/ Author: Bessie Luteyn DRUG-PLAN PESSIMISM As a social worker in the 1960s with the now defunct Narcotics Addiction Foundation, I am heartened to see that Vancouver has finally decided to consider a drug treatment model centering on harm reduction. But because it's only in the draft stage, it's unlikely that anything will ever come of it, considering that so many levels of government will necessarily have to be involved and that the naysayers among us will do their level best to try to prevent any of the 24 recommendations from becoming a reality. However, should it come to pass, sadly it will be too little and much too late for so many. Bessie Luteyn Vancouver - --- MAP posted-by: Josh Sutcliffe