Pubdate: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 Source: Daily Telegraph (Australia) Copyright: 2001 News Limited Contact: 2 Holt Street, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010 Fax: (02) 9288-2300 Website: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ Author: C. Fitzmaurice Note: Headline supplied by newshawk NEWSPAPERS SHOULD REJECT DRUG LIFESTYLE Congratulations to Piers Akerman for his piece headed "A victory we all should celebrate" (Daily Telegraph, February 22). The shortage of heroin on the streets of Sydney at present is something for which the police and other authorities working with them should be commended. Newspapers can have great influence on the thinking of their readers with regard to acceptance or rejection of lifestyles. The lifestyle of drug addiction and its associated effects should surely be discouraged, and the law-enforcing authorities given support. It is good to read that Mr Akerman is doing this. C. Fitzmaurice Chatswood - --- MAP posted-by: Beth