Pubdate: Mon, 29 Jul 2013
Source: Winnipeg Sun (CN MB)
Copyright: 2013 Canoe Limited Partnership
Contact:  http://www.winnipegsun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/503
Author: David Lane
Note: parenthetical remark by the Sun editor

ADDICTS WILL BE ADDICTS

Re: 'Demons Spare None of Us,' (Editorial, July 17).

The fact is, about 4% of the population is susceptible to addictive 
behaviour. This was true when all drugs were legal and is still true 
today. The "demons" do not bother the other 96% of us. So the title 
of this piece is really not accurate. We should help the 4% to the 
best of our abilities, but the rest of us should not be saddled with 
laws intended to protect them from themselves.

DAVID LANE

(If you think only 4% of the population suffers with addiction, 
you're living in a dream world. Those demons also referred to 
underlying mental issues.)
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