The mote of drug prohibition is firmly lodged in the eyes of the
editors of the National Post if they believe using the coercive force
of the state begets "volunteers" for drug treatment ("This is Not a
Fix", Sept. 2). Using the threat of incarceration to "encourage" drug
users to enroll in soul-saving programs is eerily similar to using the
threat of burning at the stake to "encourage" heretics to
"voluntarily" accept Jesus Christ as their saviour.

Treating people who don't want treatment is called persecution.
Wouldn't it be better not to persecute them in the first place?

Chris Bours,
Winnipeg