WHAT ABOUT THE REAL KILLERS?

HELLO, hello, hello. The old cannabis debate is on the bubble again. Must
be some votes in the offing, or something.

I found it very interesting to read (report, 17/4) the article by Dr George
O'Neil - a main for whom I have great respect and admiration due to his
treatment of the serially addicted among us.

Dr O'Neil mentions naltrexone - the "heroin blocker", also a "cannabis
blocker" which would presumably negate the effects of the use of cannabis -
the drug from hell.

This prompted me to wonder whether there are available (subject to
Government approval, of course) "blockers" to negate the effects of those
substances of mass destruction - alcohol and tobacco?

Statistics keep on telling us how much these government-sanctioned,
mega-dollar earners are costing in terms of lost time, health and life.

If any government were serious about really reducing these figures one would
think that any effective method would be worth investigation.

DAVE RICHARDS, Mullalyup.