Pubdate: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2002 The Province Contact: http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: Mike Stephen Note: Letter 7 of 14 in The Province 11/01/02 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n2021/a06.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth) PUT $ INTO PROGRAMS You're not going to stop the drug culture. They have a war on drugs in the U.S. and it doesn't stop anything. You should put money into programs for kids to do things after school. You're just wasting your money on drug-sniffing dogs because people will do drugs anyway. A better use would be to spend the money on activities for kids. Spend it educating the kids, not hiring private security firms. Mike Stephen, Vancouver - --- MAP posted-by: Beth