Pubdate: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 Source: Baltimore Sun (MD) Copyright: 2003 The Baltimore Sun, a Times Mirror Newspaper. Contact: http://www.sunspot.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37 Author: Donald T. Hart FREE DRUG ADDICTS FROM THE DEALERS It is heartening to see that former Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke's voice of reason on drug treatment is still being raised ("Time for new tactics in costly drug war," Opinion Commentary, Feb. 24). The ideas in his column show merit. I would also suggest that we try to capture heroin and cocaine addicts from street dealers by offering free, or low-cost, drugs of stable quality that are dispensed by government clinics. By doing this we could get a better handle on the addicted population and their ever-present collateral diseases. Donald T. Hart, Baltimore - --- MAP posted-by: Derek