Pubdate: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2012 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.calgarysun.com/letter-to-editor Website: http://www.calgarysun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Author: Renato Gandia Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mdma.htm (Ecstasy) ANTI-ECSTASY PLAN APPROVED BY CITY Addiction education focused on ecstasy is heading to Calgary bars after a spate of deaths linked to the drug. A majority of council members Tuesday backed Ald. John Mar's motion asking the city to spend up to $150,000 on the project. The motion passed on a 9-5 vote with Ald. Diane Colley-urquhart not present. Ald. Gord Lowe amended Mar's motion to make sure that other levels of government are helping. Most of Lowe's colleagues supported the amendment, which put the project "contingent on matching contribution of other orders of government." Ald. Brian Pincott didn't support Mar's proposal, calling it fear based. "While I appreciate the intent behind this, I do think that it is the wrong approach," he said. "It's not our place to sit down and suggest that just because these individuals are involved in illegal drugs that it's OK that they die, because it's not," he said. Bureaucrats will report back no later than June. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom