DRUG PLAN WON'T WORK

Re: "Drug plan is good but has its flaws" (Editorial, Oct. 9).

The federal government's proposed drug strategy simply won't work. It
smacks of a strategy driven by hype, emotion and political
expediency. It will do absolutely nothing to reduce the use of drugs
in this country.

Can we not learn something from our neighbours about a failed drug
strategy, a strategy that dates to the 1970s. Or are we slow
learners? Punitive, draconian drug laws have not stopped the flow
into and the use of drugs in the United States.

It's about time we start treating drug addiction for what it is,
namely, a public health problem.

Emile Therien

Ottawa