Pubdate: Tue, 03 Jun 2008
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2008 Canwest Publishing Inc.
Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html
Website: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: Guinevere Pencarrick

SAVING THIS LIFE

Health Minister Tony Clement opines that "supervised injection is not 
medicine -- it does not heal the person addicted to drugs." Many 
Canadians will take the opinion of medical professionals over this.

Insite functions as a mid-point to recovery, and must be permanently 
exempted from the drug act so it can continue to do so. I credit harm 
reduction with saving my life -- a life I deserve to have.

Guinevere Pencarrick, Vancouver
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