HARM REDUCTION A CRIME

To the editor:

The much-touted Four Pillars approach to dealing with drug addiction and
drug addicts includes: treatment, prevention, law enforcement and something
called harm reduction.

These all seem to make a good deal of sense. Unless, of course, "harm
reduction" includes aiding and abetting an illegal activity-namely
providing a place for the use of controlled substances.

Well, that is exactly what the three main contenders for mayor vowed to do.
If, at my own expense, I did what was proposed to do with taxpayers money,
I would be arrested, tried and convicted of a criminal offense, and
imprisoned for up to five years. Isn't it strange that when you are
empowered to levy taxes, it's deemed by some to legitimize any kind of conduct?

Jon Christensen, Vancouver