SWEDEN'S APPROACH MIGHT HELP DRUG USERS

Last summer my family and I visited Hawaii and since then I have read
the Star-Bulletin on the Web. It is very interesting to compare your
articles with what happens here in Sweden and Europe.

Robert Sharpe wrote a letter, "Criminalizing drugs is the wrong
approach" (Star-Bulletin, May 21), and I have a comment because we
talk about the same here in Sweden.

In Sweden, the use of marijuana and other drugs is criminalized and
the use of it is lower than in most other European Union countries.
But we are talking about decriminalizing it, mostly because it will be
easier to help the people who use drugs if they do not risk prison.
But selling drugs will still be forbidden.

Krister Svensson

Hawaii visitor

Vasteras, Sweden