DRUG DILEMMA

PEOPLE in favour of the installation of safe injecting places in Canberra
might do well to consider the following:

The problem is that young people and other drug users in Canberra are taking
the drugs at all, so a place should not be provided for them to do so.

We must not convey to people, especially young people, that it is safe to
take drugs, when it is not. "Safe" and "injecting" is a contradiction in
terms when it comes to drugs like heroin.

We need to be giving people, especially young people, the "no" message,
instead of do it - but safely. To say no to drugs is the safest.

Politicians in NSW have reportedly rejected the concept of safe injecting
places.

VICKI SALKIN Lyneham

Checked-by: Don Beck