Pubdate: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 Source: Globe and Mail (Canada) Copyright: 2009 The Globe and Mail Company Contact: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168 Author: Candice Brown Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n576/a04.html FREE HEROIN FEEDS THE DRAGON After some 25 years as an injection-drug user, I have been clean from needles for 15 years (Trial To Give Free Heroin To Hard-Core Addicts - - June 1). I am saddened to see this free-heroin approach being taken. More treatment beds and safe houses are needed; we need to help our junkies, not kill them. Offering free heroin is not going to help control crime. It is only going to feed the sleeping dragon. Candice Brown Hamilton, Ont. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom