Re: "Heroin overdoses on rise - Crackdown on access to pills has fueled trend," Sunday news story. Pictures DO speak louder than words in your story. Pictured just under the title is an addict with her starter drug - the one we know as tobacco. Indeed, tobacco leads to abuse of other drugs, including alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and heroin. One solution to decrease drug usage would be to ban the tobacco drug, which kills 14,000 addicts and another 1,800 innocent people (who were exposed to toxic tobacco smoke) around the world, every day. In the U.S., the tobacco pushers and their lethal drug cost our economy $200 billion every year. The solution is to eliminate this drug from society and prosecute the people who still push the killer weed. Dave Johnson, Arlington [end]
WAINFLEET - With Wainfleet being home to several large-scale marijuana-growing operations over the past several years, township council may have a way to deal with part of the problem. Tuesday night, township staff will recommend aldermen pass a bylaw to enter into an agreement with Niagara Regional Police regarding grow-ops. A staff report says since early 2000, police and local municipalities have recognized an increase in marijuana-growing operations in Niagara and that they present public safety concerns with respect to fire and building safety. [continues 210 words]
