TOO EAGER TO JUDGE

I am very heartened to see the Journal Sentinel take a strong stand in
support of the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin's Lifepoint needle
exchange program. I agree with your editorial calling for state funding of
Lifepoint.

It saddens me that so many people have decided to categorize drug users as
bad people. In using such a polarizing argument against needle exchange,
they are deciding that some people in our community are worthy of
life-saving measures and others are not. This is incredibly moralistic.

By labeling drug users as bad and unworthy, the users, their partners and
their children are given a death sentence. In the rush to judge, our
community has forgotten its humanity.

Julie A. Bock

Milwaukee