Pubdate: Sat, 16 Mar 2002
Source: East Anglian Daily Times (UK)
Contact:  2002 Eastern Counties Newspapers Group Ltd
Website: http://www.eadt.co.uk/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/913
Author: Derek Williams
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02.n460.a07.html

DRUG POLICY CAUSES MORE DEATHS

I have never read such a lot of rubbish as "Soft line on soft drugs not 
ok", (EADT March 11)

Bob Russell, the Lib Dem candidate you quoted said: "A teenager Is more 
likely to die from an ecstasy overdose than being murdered by a complete 
stranger"

Well, he's probably right, but only because very; very few people of any 
age are murdered by complete strangers.

Very few people die from ecstasy, although under our mindless regime of 
prohibition out of a million or so users, 40 odd did die last year; whereas 
in Holland there were none.

When you're in a hole, it's time to stop digging. We've dug a huge pit with 
the drug war. It's killed thousands, cost us millions and given us one of 
the highest levels of use in Europe. Your suggestion we dig faster is just 
plain daft.

DEREK WILLIAMS, Pembroke Road, Norwich
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