Pubdate: Tue, 09 May 2006
Source: National Post (Canada)
Copyright: 2006 Southam Inc.
Contact:  http://www.nationalpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286
Author: Robert Sharpe

FINDING THE RIGHT APPROACH TO DRUGS

This editorial was right on target. The United States provides tragic 
examples of anti-drug strategies that are best avoided. U.S. Centers 
for Disease Control researchers estimate that 57% of AIDS cases among 
women and 36% of overall AIDS cases in the U.S. are linked to 
injection drug use or sex with partners who inject drugs. This easily 
preventable public health crisis is a direct result of zero tolerance 
laws that restrict access to clean syringes. Canada cannot afford to 
emulate the harm-maximization drug policies of the former land of the 
free and current record holder in citizens incarcerated.

Robert Sharpe

Common Sense for Drug Policy

Washington, D.C.
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