WE NEED TO FIND FIXES FOR THE CITY'S UNDERBELLY

Re: Mayor's drug policy plan long overdue, Ian Mulgrew, April 24

It is interesting that Ian Mulgrew defends the notion of free drugs
in the Downtown Eastside by assuring readers that it isn't going to
involve giving free cocaine to stockbrokers for "a weekend binge."

This reflects the bias of dilettante enablers who suggest that all
addicts are helpless victims of circumstance who have had no
opportunity to change their ways on their downward spiral.

I would suggest that Mulgrew and his ilk stop telling us to look to
old Europe in order to adjust our approach to drug control. In case
he hasn't noticed, the values of this city are being driven by our
growing Asian culture, not Scotland and Switzerland. He might wish to
give us some insight as to how heroin is controlled in Beijing and Mumbai.

Victor Godin

Vancouver