RE: Safe injection sites in Hamilton Drug addiction is a major problem. Just look at the statistics. Safe injection sites are all about health care and saving lives. Why not make it part of our health-care system and set them up in the hospitals? Bruce Scott, Burlington [end]
Re: Drug War Invades State Elections. The idea that sending people to jail for smoking pot benefits the smoker and society is just plain asinine. Criminalization and demonizing marijuana damages otherwise productive lives. Even those who do not suffer jail or fines do suffer damaged attitudes toward the law and society. To make matters worse, criminal organizations profit from artificially inflated prices. Money that would go to economically healthy consumption is now channeled to drug smugglers and distributors. Now we see that the government wants to use pot as an excuse to spend tax dollars in political campaigns against selected candidates. People in political authority who don't know better should not be in government to begin with. Those who abuse government power are a much greater threat to our society than those who abuse pot. Bruce Tapscott, Tampa [end]
