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 - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom