FREE ADVICE WORTH ITS COST

Re: "Letters to the editor," (April 30). The Lindesmith Center's program
officer, Robert Sharpe, from Washington, D.C., no less, expressed his
opinion that the DARE program is counterproductive. The recognized and
acknowledged focus of the Lindesmith Center Drug Policy Foundation is to
liberalize drug laws (and as a consequence, drug use), and they spend a lot
of money lobbying the American government towards that objective. One needs
to be aware of the ulterior motives of those who purport to provide
"neighbourly" advice.

Ken Lane
Canadian Communities Against Substance Abuse
Victoria