CURBING ADDICTION

In response to The Province's editorial on Insite: The supreme and
presumably unintended irony of your urging of Vancouver authorities to be
open to "new ways to curb drug addiction" is that Vancouver is the only
North American jurisdiction to invest in and evaluate new ways of curbing
drug addiction.

Instead of repeating misleading, unscientific and just plain wrong
assertions, you would better serve your readers by reporting on what
actually has been developed and achieved by Vancouver Coastal Health
and its partners.

Perry Kendall,

B.C. Provincial Health Officer