Pubdate: Fri, 21 Oct 2005
Source: Dallas Morning News (TX)
Copyright: 2005 The Dallas Morning News
Contact:  http://www.dallasnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/117
Author: Suzanne Wills
Note: from our Newshawk: The photos are the infamous ones at 
http://www.hollywoodpolice.org/special_units/cat.htm
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05.n1647.a09.html

BLOW MISSES BIG PICTURE

Re: "Addict's photos make big picture hard to miss," by Steve Blow, 
Sunday Metro.

Mr. Blow's column misses the big picture. Scare tactics have never
stopped kids from using drugs. Look at the studies on our most famous
scare tactic program, DARE.

The Roseanne Holland booking photos do not show a woman insufficiently
frightened as a child. They show a woman arrested and imprisoned
because of her addiction, instead of being treated for it.

How would Roseanne Holland have looked after 10 years if she had been
arrested and imprisoned for diabetes? Would she have lived that long?

Suzanne Wills, Drug Policy Forum of Texas, Dallas
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