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.) - --- MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman