Pubdate: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC) Copyright: 2007 Times Colonist Contact: http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/481 Author: Jacob Derksen GIVING OUT CRACK PIPES DOESN'T REDUCE HARM Free crack pipes? One gets the strong impression that perhaps people at the Ministry of Health are smoking something that impedes lucid thought. Our tax dollars would be better spent helping these people realize positive goals and in investing their lives with meaning rather than reinforcing self-destructive lifestyles and unwise decisions. That would be real harm-reduction that we all could benefit from. Jacob Derksen, Victoria. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom