Pubdate: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2007 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.calgarysun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n991/a06.html Author: D.H. Michon Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor. ADDICT NOT AMUSED Congratulations on publishing the thoughts of Don McMillan, (Letters, Aug. 24) who has discovered within his overactive mind the way to deal with crime: "... Give all the dopies all the dope they want," for, in his imagination, "Hopefully most of them will overdose." I'll be glued to these pages watching for other such thoughts your editors think funny. I've been an addict for 34 years and I have seen what happens when death releases addicts. Medicalization of addiction with doctor-monitored maintenance would have saved every one. They wouldn't have overdosed. It's the drug war that causes deaths with its unknown concentrations and adulterants. Yeah, overdose, funny. Most of us are people with jobs, families, all of it -- and I am tired of hearing and reading this nonsense. D.H. Michon (For another view on the issue, read on.) - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom