Pubdate: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 Source: Penticton Herald (CN BC) Copyright: 2017 The Okanagan Valley Group of Newspapers Contact: http://www.pentictonherald.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/664 Author: Paul Crossley Page: A7 HOW TO COMBAT THE DRUG SCOURGE Dear Editor: In today's Herald, Bruce Wallace puts out quite a listing of urgent needs and demands for comprehensive harm-reduction services. "We need supervised-consumption services, we need access to safer substances, we need to end the illegal market, we need prescription heroin, we need to stop stigmatizing druggies, we need societal changes and we need to responses to be responsive." Heck, why not just open the flood gates? Better idea! Lets adopt a governing style with policies to combat the drug scourge similar to those implemented by President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. Paul Crossley Penticton - --- MAP posted-by: Matt