Pubdate: Tue, 2 Jun 2009
Source: Abbotsford News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2009 Abbotsford News
Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/BkAJKrUD
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1155
Author: Karen Durant

DRUG WAR KILLING YOUTH

Drug abuse is a medical condition and should not be considered a
criminal offence. I am so pleased to see more people having the
courage to speak out against the drug wars that are killing our youth.

Employing more police and building more jails just creates a community
of criminals.

Portugal decriminalized drugs in 2001, crime has dropped, drug abuse
has dropped.

The issue has been studied to death and history proves prohibition
does not work. The regulation and tax of drugs, education and harm
reduction will lower crime and drug abuse.

Parents need to know what their children are doing, play the video
games they are playing - what are they teaching your child?
Communities need to know what our children are doing. What youth
activities do they have?

I see a few churches have youth centers, but what does our community
have to offer our future? The war on drugs has killed more youth than
the drugs have. A generation is dying.

Karen Durant
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