HARM REDUCTION IS JUST ENABLING DRUG ADDICTS

Does harm reduction work? The intent is good and It may well have
reduced infectious disease transfer and reduced drug related deaths.
But - and I stress but - has it reduced addiction and the number of
addicts? The answer is no.

Providing the paraphernalia for drug users to inject an illegal
substance may be well intentioned, but, what do we do for those
others in our society suffering from incurable conditions, such as
diabetics, who need their legal drugs, etc., to survive?

Simply nothing. Harm reduction? Perhaps enabling might be a more
accurate description.

R. Waters

Nanaimo