Pubdate: Mon, 10 May 2010
Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB)
Copyright: 2010 Canwest Publishing Inc.
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/66
Author: Kirk Muse
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n338/a03.html

POPPY PROFUSION

Re: "Kill the poppies," Letter, May 3.

Instead of attempting to kill some of the Afghan poppies, (we will 
never be able to kill
all of them) we should allow farmers all over the world to grow 
poppies. This will make
the Afghan poppies almost worthless. Canada and the United States 
should do what the
Swiss do regarding heroin addicts. In 1994, Switzerland started an 
experimental program
to sell heroin addicts the drug at very low cost, even giving it to 
the addicts who
couldn't afford it. In 2008, 68 per cent of the Swiss voted to make the program
permanent. Have Swiss heroin-addiction rates skyrocketed? No, they have fallen
dramatically. So has their overall crime rate.

Kirk Muse,

Mesa, Ariz.
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