Pubdate: Mon, 29 May 2017
Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON)
Copyright: 2017 Canoe Limited Partnership
Contact: http://www.ottawasun.com/letter-to-editor
Website: http://www.ottawasun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/329
Author: Bob Boyer
Page: 18
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

OPIOID SOLUTION

Whether it is direct or indirect, the person who makes it, the drug
dealer who sells it, or the person who brings a bag full to a party
and gives it away, someone must be held accountable.

With proper police work the provider of the drug can be found.

I am sure that at present the provider of the drug may only get a
trafficking charge; surely a manslaughter charge could be made in the
case of death. If the person providing the drug at a party was charged
with manslaughter and later found guilty it would send a strong
message to the public that there are severe consequences to their action.

Social media and proper national news reporting of a charge would make
a person think twice about providing this lethal drug.

Bob Boyer Renfrew

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(Sometimes punishment is the best deterrence.)
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