ACCESS TO DRUGS CAN'T BE GOOD

This letter is for Evan Wood, MD, PHD director Urban Health
Initiative. How can you claim to care about people if you don't care
about the person?

Let's just say that your beloved sister, brother or fill in the blank
of anyone you sincerely love is addicted to drugs. Your answer to help
them is to give them more drugs? Believe me if you did have anyone you
love addicted to drugs, you would fight tooth and nail to get them off
drugs.

By providing them with crack pipes or needles you are enabling the
drug trade. What do you think they are going to do after they get
their nice new clean crack pipe or needle; suddenly have a revelation
and decide not to participate in any risky behaviour?

You say in the last sentence of your letter "What is inhumane about
taking a position against scientifically proven and life saving
interventions?" Here is some science for you. Drugs kill people. And
as for interventions, how about using the money you use for drugs and
drug paraphernalia (to treat drug addicts) to actually treat these
people. ie; more detox clinics and treatment facilities.

Please stop immediately perpetuating the drug trade and instead use my
tax dollars to help these people, not kill them.

Laura Righi

Prince George