Pubdate: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 Source: Toronto Star (CN ON) Page: A10 Copyright: 2016 The Toronto Star Contact: http://www.thestar.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/456 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n463/a05.html Author: Sigmund Roseth 'SAFE INJECTION' AN OXYMORON Re: Do the right thing, Editorial July 6 "Safe injection sites"? Isn't that an oxymoron? It is perpetuating and abiding this scourge by keeping the addicts from committing crimes in order to get their fix. Perhaps, by putting Band-Aids on a blistering sore it will keep the rest of us safer. But at what price? There must be some other way of dealing with this scourge. Unfortunately, if you are determined to run away from yourself and drown in a drug-hazed environment, there is little anyone can do to dissuade you, at least in the short term. I don't have an answer to such self-destructive behaviour, but I am sure that keeping these people living with free drugs - the paradoxical "safe injection sites" - is not the answer. Sigmund Roseth, Mississauga - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom