Pubdate: Fri, 25 Aug 2000
Source: New York Times (NY)
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Section: Letters
Author: Arthur G. Krohn, M.D., Scarsdale

Ref: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1192/a02.html

DRUG BUST OR TRAP?

Re "Lawyers Say Drug War's Tactics Draw Addicts Into Serious Crime"
(news article, Aug. 19): Undercover police teams that try to get
recovering heroin users to sell their weekend supplies of methadone as
they leave their clinics are nothing short of inhumane. Calling that a
drug bust is bizarre and sharply underscores the futility of the war on
drugs.
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