News (Media Awareness Project) - UK: PUB LTE: Use Of Hard Drugs (1 of 3) |
| Title: | UK: PUB LTE: Use Of Hard Drugs (1 of 3) |
| Published On: | 2000-02-29 |
| Source: | Times, The (UK) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-05 02:05:45 |
USE OF HARD DRUGS
Sir, The report today by Helen Rumbelow does not merit its headline "Huge
rise in deaths from hard drug use".
As she reports, there were 38 cocaine-related deaths in 1997; those related
to Ecstasy have fallen to an average of 11 per year. These figures are
ludicrously low compared with alcohol and tobacco-related fatalities, and
young people know it.
Whilst I acknowledge the personal tragedies that these figures may
represent, in a population the size of the UK they are not statistically
significant.
Yours faithfully, STUART GOLDMAN, Flat 3, Wesley Court, 51-55 Weymouth
Street, W1N 3LE. February 25.
Sir, The report today by Helen Rumbelow does not merit its headline "Huge
rise in deaths from hard drug use".
As she reports, there were 38 cocaine-related deaths in 1997; those related
to Ecstasy have fallen to an average of 11 per year. These figures are
ludicrously low compared with alcohol and tobacco-related fatalities, and
young people know it.
Whilst I acknowledge the personal tragedies that these figures may
represent, in a population the size of the UK they are not statistically
significant.
Yours faithfully, STUART GOLDMAN, Flat 3, Wesley Court, 51-55 Weymouth
Street, W1N 3LE. February 25.
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