To the editor: In regards to Russell Barth's "Cracking down on meth won't work" (KLTW, Aug 23). Russell your philosophy that says, if something is bad just legalize it, is not new. Methamphetamine was my drug of choice for more than three years and I know first hand its destructive nature. I believe it to be the most highly addictive drug on the market today (prescription or illicit). The initial rush you receive when you first experiment with meth brings you back time and time again, trying to recreate that initial feeling, but it never happens. [continues 381 words]
Food for Thought City of Kawartha Lakes. We have a drug problem If you don't believe this statement, you are either ignorant or in denial. Both will leave you blind to what is happening around you. To be in ignorance means you are unaware or uninformed on a subject. Denial is a psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a problem or with a reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality. Our drug problem does exist and is far too real. [continues 322 words]
To the editor: In regards to Scott Howard "Ranting and Raving." Personally as an ex-mainline addict, I find the proposed new marijuana law totally ludicrous. In all my years, I have never met one junkie (heroin addict) or speed freak (methamphetamine) who did not start down the road into their personal Hell of addiction first on marijuana. I do realize some cocaine and crack cocaine addicts have taken a different route but two wrongs still don't make a right. [continues 433 words]
