Pubdate: Fri, 08 Nov 2002
Source: Comox Valley Record (CN BC)
Copyright: 2002 Comox Valley Record
Contact:  http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/784
Author: George Kosinski

HEARTBREAKING ACCOUNT

Sir,

Jade Bell's story (Oct. 25 Record) is a heartbreaking account of the 
serious dangers associated with the lack of quality control and dosage 
control connected with the purchase of heroin and other illegal drugs.

If Jade could have obtained a legal dose every day at a certified clinic, 
as he could have in several European countries, he never would have 
suffered this horrible fate. It seems the message we are sending to our 
children is that, if you insist on using drugs our politicians disapprove 
of, we are determined to maintain the maximum possibility of your suffering 
serious harm from doing so.

How many of us parents love legislation more than we love our children?

George Kosinski
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