Pubdate: Wed, 19 Jul 2000
Date: 07/19/2000
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Author: Tara Worth
Note: title by MAP

To insinuate that most people who live in the Downtown Eastside and
use/abuse drugs are there by their own choice is an ignorant assumption.

As for the 2,000 individuals who have died, they were somebody's
daughter, son, sister, husband, mother, and friend.

Tara Worth,
Burnaby