IGNORANCE NO DEFENCE

RE MICHELE Mandel's column "Furor over drug-fun leaflet" (Feb. 25):
Probably one of the most basic of all human behaviour realities is reverse
psychology. If you tell people not to do something, it is human nature for
them to be curious about it and want to do exactly what you told them not
to do. It is a much more effective tool to educate people (including teens)
about the truth about the effects of drugs, bad and good. Then they have
the information they need to decide whether or not they want to use it.
Otherwise they are left with half-truths and street information to rely on.
The pamphlet about GHB is the best and most logical way to approach these
young people with the facts about the drug.

Scott Wayne

(There are "good" effects to GHB use? Please educate us, Dr. Wayne)