STOP METH BY LEGALIZING OTHER DRUGS

Editor:

Re: Meth expert heartened by meeting, The Herald, June 21.

May I respond to the above propaganda item so your readers are exposed to
both sides of the issue?

If users were free to purchase clean, cheap, quality-tested marijuana,
cocaine, heroin, etc. at the corner store, why would anyone bother with
such an awful drug as meth? In any event, most of the harm done by meth is
very likely caused by adulterants in the drug so that if the drug were
produced legally by knowledgeable and reliable people, it would be much
less harmful. When alcohol was made legal again after being prohibited, the
number of users dying or suffering harm as a result of ingesting that drug
dropped precipitously.

The best way to reduce the harm and heartbreak of illegal drugs is to
legalize them.

ALAN RANDELL

Victoria, B.C.