FEDS DELAY CRYSTAL SELLERS ON POSTERS

A controversial anti-drug campaign that would have featured posters of
people arrested for selling methamphetamines has been postponed.

The U.S. Attorney's office announced the campaign last month after
Manhattan resident William Cullun was sentenced to more than seven years in
prison for selling crystal meth to an undercover police officer.

Law enforcement officials were to distribute the posters in Chelsea and the
West Village, where crystal meth use has increased dramatically in recent
years. They had hoped that the initiative would deter people from using
crystal meth.

Instead, a number of gay organizations said the campaign would further
demonize addicts.

Lynn Schulman of Gay Men's Health Crisis welcomed the decision to postpone
the campaign. "We are very appreciative that the U.S. Attorney's office
listened to our concerns," she said. "It is important that all of us work
together to make sure that crystal meth does not destroy any community in
the city."