DRUGS: SWISS HOLD LEGALIZATION PROOF

Dear Editor,

Ken Marsh [Legalization results without proof, Oct. 1 Letters to the
Editor, Langley Advance News] and any others simply need to contact the
Health Ministry in Switzerland to verify the 60 per cent reduction in
felony crime by those enrolled in the Swiss Heroin Maintenance Program.

Nine years of experience shows this reduction to be consistent, as the
Swiss provide free or very low cost heroin to their addicts unable to stay
on methadone.

I have spoken to the police there, and they are overwhelming supporters,
because it has reduced so drastically the number of victims.

Howard Wooldridge

Dallas, Texas, USA