Pubdate: Wed, 01 Oct 2014
Source: Boston Globe (MA)
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Author: Mark Eisenberg

ANOTHER NEEDLESS VICTIM OF THE MISPLACED WAR ON DRUGS

The subject of your article "Hooked. Terrified. Trapped." is another 
needless victim of the woefully misplaced war on drugs. Instead of 
getting this student the help he needed for treatment of his drug 
addiction, campus security coerced him into becoming a police 
informant. I hope the University of Massachusetts Amherst uses this 
unnecessary tragedy to recognize that substance use among college 
students is a public health issue and not a matter for the criminal 
justice system.

Dr. Mark Eisenberg

Brookline
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