Pubdate: Sat, 14 Jul 2007
Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)
Copyright: 2007 Times Colonist
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/481
Author: Andy Snitzer

JAILING ADDICTS NOT THE ANSWER

I support a safe-injection site, as I believe it will give addicts a 
chance to come out of the cold and seek treatment. They are going to 
use drugs anyway, so to say we are encouraging more drug use is silly.

These people are sick and they didn't ask for this addiction -- they 
have no choice.

How can so many people want more jails and punitive action when 
scientists have done numerous studies and found that harm reduction 
works? Thank goodness we have a mayor and a chief of police who see 
the whole picture and are fighting for change and a harm-reduction model.

Take your blinders off and get real. Treating addicts as criminals 
and building more prisons is not the answer.

Andy Snitzer,

Victoria.
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