Pubdate: Sun, 14 Jun 2009
Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)
Copyright: 2009 Times Colonist
Contact: http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/letters.html
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/481
Author: Troy Sutton
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n595/a01.html

ENABLING ADDICTION IS NO SOLUTION

We all have troubles, and do our best to deal with the ups and downs
life throws us, but a bad choice is exactly that and shouldn't be
clouded and manipulated into something else.

We all, regardless of what social-economic category we fall into, are
made aware of certain realities in life, and the fact that drugs are
bad for you is one of them. To call drug addiction a disease is a slap
in the face to anyone stricken with a legitimately involuntary ailment.

The fact that we can't count on our elected officials and police force
to do their jobs and keep these drugs from getting into the country or
ensure absolute punishment for trafficking and production is
disappointing, but to misallocate public funds for a "safe" injection
site or crack kits is appalling and furthers a serious problem.

Incarcerate the addicts in forced rehab clinics so they get properly
cleaned up, and then send them to fill the low-end jobs in small towns
and cities all across the country (low-end jobs that in a small town
can buy you a house), but don't take money that can be better spent
funding education or health care and waste it on turning taxpayers
into willing participants in something the majority of us know is
wrong and as a result never do.

Troy Sutton

Victoria
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