Pubdate: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 Source: Huntsville Forester, The (CN ON) Copyright: 2005 The Huntsville Forester Contact: http://www.huntsvilleforester.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2430 MAYOR NEEDS TO OPEN HIS EYES TO DRUG USE Re: Mayor angered over crack house comments, Forester article, February 23. As a psychiatrist who has worked in Muskoka and the Almaguin area for 13 years, I found the comments by Huntsville mayor Hugh Mackenzie on drug problems in Huntsville a little anachronistic at best. I agree with Sergeant Gordon that their are crack houses, as he defines them, in Huntsville. Furthermore, I have learned that the 'high' in Huntsville High School refers to altered states of awareness. Cocaine has been a problem since the '80s here. I do not agree with Sergeant Gordon, however, in so far as I believe drug use and sales appears to be more prevalent in Huntsville. I am not clear as to the reasons thus far. Further north, marijuana seems more prevalent, which I suppose explains why people in Burk's Falls are much more jovial. I have no clever solutions other than for Mackenzie to not keep his eyes wide shut. Allan Seltzer MD FRCP MRCP (UK) Sundridge - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin