Pubdate: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 Source: Halifax Herald (CN NS) Copyright: 2002 The Halifax Herald Limited Contact: http://www.herald.ns.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/180 Author: Christian Thibaudeau Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1743/a01.html USERS THE DOPES Dear Editor: Paul Schneidereit's Sept. 17 column "Common sense goes up in smoke" states that he sees lawyers and doctors, college professors and politicians, carpenters, taxi drivers, mechanics, bricklayers, salesmen, athletes and journalists who use "dope" (or who have used "dope"). Perhaps if there were fewer people on dope, this country would not be in such a mess. Decision-making by people of all levels in our society surely would be better if more people had clearer minds when performing their duties. Can you imagine how much better the decision-making process of all the people mentioned in Mr. Schneidereit's column would be if so many were not using drugs? The common sense of people goes up in smoke (or down the drain) when they choose to use dope, and to support the use of dope among young people is criminal. Dope smoking destroys life. Being caught with dope is not what destroys a life; it reduces the possibility of a person to be hired as a civil servant, travel to another country or to be promoted to a higher level at work - and rightly so - and that is the choice that the dope user makes when he/she lights up. Christian Thibaudeau, Digby - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager