Pubdate: Fri, 13 Apr 2012
Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON)
Copyright: 2012 The Ottawa Citizen
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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
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