Pubdate: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 Source: Abbotsford News (CN BC) Copyright: 2001 Hacker Press Ltd. Contact: http://www.abbynews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1155 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1433/a03.html Author: Alan Randell PROHIBITION KILLS ADDICTS Letter writer Mark Toth deplores giving injection drug users a clean, safe place to ingest their drugs ('Culture of death supports addicts instead of helping,' Opinion, Aug. 2). Even though they were all fetuses once, it seems this right-to-lifer would prefer that the users die. Yes, we had a bellyful of Mark Toth when he lived here in Victoria. Toth obviously supports the law banning certain drugs, which is totally consistent with his mindset since it is the prohibition of drugs that is killing users and not the drugs themselves. If anyone is guilty of supporting a culture of death, it is surely Mark Toth, who preaches callous neglect and not the compassionate souls of the Fraser Valley Health Board, who are at least trying to save the lives of drug users. Alan Randell Victoria - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart