Pubdate: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 Source: Vancouver Courier (CN BC) Copyright: 2010 Vancouver Courier Contact: http://www.vancourier.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/474 Author: Cecilia von Dehn Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n727/a01.html LETTER OF THE WEEK To the editor: Re: "Heroin on the menu as SALOME study flies under radar," Aug. 25. When it was first brought up years ago-- that nurses were already facilitating/supervising street drugs--many of my nursing colleagues said it runs contra to our professional ethics. Now we have SALOME, and again nurses are roped in to help addicts "tie off." All this funded by taxpayers and private advocates. My added concern is that "it will all happen under the watchful eye of nurses from Providence Health Care." This is a "Catholic health care community," according to its webpage. I am just amazed that they are involved now in SALOME and support such a project. Very disillusioning. I cannot see that SALOME is for the well-being of the addicts or the community. Thank you for keeping this subject open. Cecilia von Dehn, Vancouver - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom