Pubdate: Thu, 23 Jun 2005
Source: Lethbridge Herald (CN AB)
Copyright: 2005 The Lethbridge Herald
Contact:  http://www.mysouthernalberta.com/leth/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/239
Author: Alan Randell
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1001/a08.html?83920

STOP METH BY LEGALIZING OTHER DRUGS

Editor:

Re: Meth expert heartened by meeting, The Herald, June 21.

May I respond to the above propaganda item so your readers are exposed to 
both sides of the issue?

If users were free to purchase clean, cheap, quality-tested marijuana, 
cocaine, heroin, etc. at the corner store, why would anyone bother with 
such an awful drug as meth? In any event, most of the harm done by meth is 
very likely caused by adulterants in the drug so that if the drug were 
produced legally by knowledgeable and reliable people, it would be much 
less harmful. When alcohol was made legal again after being prohibited, the 
number of users dying or suffering harm as a result of ingesting that drug 
dropped precipitously.

The best way to reduce the harm and heartbreak of illegal drugs is to 
legalize them.

ALAN RANDELL

Victoria, B.C.
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