Pubdate: Wed, 29 Aug 2007
Source: Vancouver Courier (CN BC)
Copyright: 2007 Vancouver Courier
Contact:  http://www.vancourier.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/474
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1005/a07.html
Author: Chris Walter

WAR ON DRUGS AS HOPELESS AS U.S. FIGHT IN IRAQ

To the editor:

Re: "Prohibition failing spectacularly," Aug. 22.

Kudos to Tom Sandborn for telling it how it is.

Unless Canada starts treating drug addiction as a health issue rather
than a crime, we can expect to see the problem grow
exponentially.

Sadly, our politicians seem determined to follow the hopeless example
of our neighbours to the south. The so-called "war on drugs" is as
impossible to win as the conflict in Iraq.

Chris Walter,

Vancouver
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