DRUGS AREN'T WONDERFUL

Re: Don't fight war on drugs and Users don't want treatment, Oct. 6 letters.

Letter-writer Ben Morris obviously hasn't got a clue what drugs are
all about. He states "drug users are not criminals." Perhaps he can
explain exactly how it is a person can support a habit costing
anywhere from $100 to $1,000 a day without being involved in crime?

In the very next letter, Chris Buors claims "restoring humanity's
natural right to use whatever substance a free man may choose to cure
whatever it is that ails him would do a lot more good than ruining
the lives of another million people by criminalizing them for their
drug-using sins."

I, along with many others, wasn't aware that using marijuana, cocaine
or heroin would cure diseases. I'm sure the medical profession would
be very interested in Mr. Buor's "findings."

P. Zurawel

Winnipeg

(Recreational drugs do a lot more harm than good.)