Pubdate: Fri, 06 Nov 2009
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2009 Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.edmontonsun.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Steve Haugen
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n997/a12.html
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk.

MORE REALISTIC STATISTIC

Regarding Ms. Jacobs's article of Nov. 4, a more realistic statistic
would be to identify what percentage of smokers, boozers and drug
users succumbed to their respective follies. While 0.8% of all drug
deaths is very low, I suspect it is a much higher percentage of
illegal drug users.

Steve Haugen

(Your suspicion is incorrect.) 
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