Pubdate: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2016 Canoe Limited Partnership Contact: http://www.ottawasun.com/letter-to-editor Website: http://www.ottawasun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/329 Author: Robert Teskey Page: 16 SUPPORT TREATMENT When it comes to drug use, there is no such thing as a safe injection site. Public support for drug use condones and supports criminal behaviour. It promotes activities that lead to serious health risks and premature deaths. The so-called scientific evidence in support of drug injection sites is problematic at best. Drug dependency is a significant and growing public health issue. Providing needles to drug users makes society complicit in the furtherance of the disease. Government support for addicts looking for help would be more socially responsible and humanely meaningful if it was directed to the establishment and operation of drug treatment centres. Robert Teskey Ottawa - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom