Pubdate: Wed, 14 Sep 2016
Source: Maple Ridge News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2016 Maple Ridge News
Contact:  http://www.mapleridgenews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1328
Author: Graham Mowatt

'DRUG SHELTER'

Editor, The News:

Re: 'Yes' to homeless shelter (Letters, Sept. 9).

All I can say is "no" to the 'drug shelter.' It has nothing to do with
helping the non-addicted homeless.

The proposed structure has little to do with helping the 'homeless'
and everything to do with providing housing, transitional housing, and
treatment opportunities for drug addicts and people with severe mental
disorders ...

Drug addicts and those with severe mental disorders are not required
to seek, or accept, help, live by any rules except their own or to
change their lifestyle in any way. We are simply making their lives
more comfortable while they are permitted more time to find ways to
secure the drugs they crave, regardless of the affect on neighbors,
local business, or the city ...

Until the courts can demonstrate that the rights and security of
society are more important than the rights of drug addicts to continue
living their lives of destruction without any accountability for their
acts, my answer will always be "no."

Graham Mowatt

Maple Ridge
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