Pubdate: Tue, 27 Sep 2016
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2016 Postmedia Network Inc.
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: Bronwyn Specht
Page: 14

TO SAVE LIVES, MAKE ILLICIT DRUG USE LESS DANGEROUS

Re: Liberals willing to kill limits Tories put on supervised-injection 
sites, Sept. 23

Naloxone kits! First responders! Safe places to inject! Thanks to
everyone involved. You will save lives. Unfortunately, there will
still be more overdose deaths. You cannot save everyone. Nothing will
save everyone, but we could mitigate the rising death toll (488 to
date this year in B.C. alone) by legalizing and controlling all drugs,
allowing users to access an unadulterated product. If this idea is
distasteful to you, just wait until a friend, a family member or a
relative succumbs to the unintended consequence of using street drugs.
Maybe then you will join the chorus of people advocating legalization.

Whether we are dealing with addiction or the invincibility of youth,
all lives matter. We must get our heads out of the proverbial sand and
make using drugs less dangerous.

Bronwyn Specht, Port Moody
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