Pubdate: Sun, 05 Aug 2001
Source: Oklahoman, The (OK)
Copyright: 2001 The Oklahoma Publishing Co.
Contact:  http://www.oklahoman.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/318
Author: Hellen Cole
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1224/a06.html

NOBODY IS IMMUNE

TO THE EDITOR:

Thanks to The Oklahoman for the many informative articles concerning 
substance abuse. You can't print it often enough or say it loud enough. 
We'll never solve the problem of crime in the streets, welfare costs or 
health care costs until we solve the problem of substance abuse.

More importantly is the cost in human misery. I don't know what the answer 
is, but I do know that in most cases (though not all) putting an abuser in 
prison is not a solution. For the preservation of our way of life as a 
united people, we must find the answer. Addiction knows no class, race, 
religious or party affiliation. Not one of us is immune.

Helen Cole, Norman
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