Pubdate: Wed, 10 Oct 2007
Source: Winnipeg Sun (CN MB)
Copyright: 2007 Canoe Limited Partnership
Contact:  http://www.winnipegsun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/503
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1147/a13.html
Author: P. Zurawel

DRUGS AREN'T WONDERFUL

Re: Don't fight war on drugs and Users don't want treatment, Oct. 6 letters.

Letter-writer Ben Morris obviously hasn't got a clue what drugs are 
all about. He states "drug users are not criminals." Perhaps he can 
explain exactly how it is a person can support a habit costing 
anywhere from $100 to $1,000 a day without being involved in crime?

In the very next letter, Chris Buors claims "restoring humanity's 
natural right to use whatever substance a free man may choose to cure 
whatever it is that ails him would do a lot more good than ruining 
the lives of another million people by criminalizing them for their 
drug-using sins."

I, along with many others, wasn't aware that using marijuana, cocaine 
or heroin would cure diseases. I'm sure the medical profession would 
be very interested in Mr. Buor's "findings."

P. Zurawel

Winnipeg

(Recreational drugs do a lot more harm than good.)
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