FREEBIES FOR ADDICTS WASTES TAX DOLLARS

To the Editor,

Re: City's social problems getting shuffled, Letters, Sept. 20.

Susan Knight hit it right on the head. We are constantly barraged by
the need to provide homes, medical treatment, free needle exchanges
and food for the drug addicts who must, of necessity, use any money
they can get to support their habits.

And to think they get this money legally is ludicrous.

Without mandatory treatment and a zero tolerance for drug use, no one
should get this freebie.

Unfortunately, there is a thriving industry in supporting these
addicts, using tax dollars, I might add.

The agencies that promote continued drug-addict support don't want to
put themselves out of a job.

This might seem cynical, but when the number of agencies and people
in the social support network using tax dollars, which pay rents,
salaries, promotional costs and other expenses, to help people act
illegally and completely irresponsibly, is a crime.

Let's enforce the laws we have.

J. Sharpe

Nanaimo