Pubdate: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Copyright: 2007 The Ottawa Citizen Contact: http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/326 Author: Lynn Jackson ATTACK THE PROBLEM A great "thank you" to the brave councillors who voted to end this ludicrous program. Finally some common sense coming from a level of government in spite of the popular, politically correct and left-wing pressures of those who only want to pursue the folly of enabling sick behaviour in individuals instead of supporting programs such as Teen Challenge and others that have high success rates at helping drug addicts. Go for the root problem instead of medicating the sickness and wasting taxpayers' money on helping people to supposedly remain in their addictions safely. Why not take time and money instead to help them work toward better quality of life instead of a stupored state of existence? There are no safe addictions -- they affect all of us. Lynn Jackson, Toronto - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom