FINDING THE RIGHT APPROACH TO DRUGS

This editorial was right on target. The United States provides tragic
examples of anti-drug strategies that are best avoided. U.S. Centers
for Disease Control researchers estimate that 57% of AIDS cases among
women and 36% of overall AIDS cases in the U.S. are linked to
injection drug use or sex with partners who inject drugs. This easily
preventable public health crisis is a direct result of zero tolerance
laws that restrict access to clean syringes. Canada cannot afford to
emulate the harm-maximization drug policies of the former land of the
free and current record holder in citizens incarcerated.

Robert Sharpe

Common Sense for Drug Policy

Washington, D.C.