Pubdate: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Copyright: 2012 The Ottawa Citizen Contact: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/326 Author: Johanne Brownrigg Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n212/a03.html INSIGHT ON HOW TO HELP Re: A lack of Insite, April 12. Ottawa does not have an injection drug problem. Injection drug addicts have an injection drug problem. Insite locations will simply make it everyone's problem, by holding the surrounding communities hostage to the desperate and criminal behaviour that goes with drug use. Want to help with those who have a drug problem? Provide mandatory treatment when addicts are convicted of crime (found to work well in Sweden). Then stop the insanity that makes treatment centres beg for the money they need. Fund them. That's insight on how to help. Johanne Brownrigg, Orleans - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom