Pubdate: Wed, 07 Dec 2016
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2016 Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact: http://www.edmontonsun.com/letter-to-editor
Website: http://www.edmontonsun.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Larry Comeau
Page: 14
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

NO SAFE INJECTIONS

Re: "safe injection sites in Edmonton would save lives and health 
costs". What a perverse argument, surely treating drug addictions and 
weaning addicts off their addictions, rather than simply facilitating 
them by providing safe injection sites, is a far better approach.

Addicts will still be committing crimes to purchase their drugs and the 
fact areas around safe injection sites are 'no-go areas' for the police 
presents all sorts of problems for those living near these sites. safe 
injection sites seem more about making the political left feel good, 
rather than positively addressing the growing problem of drug addiction 
by providing more treatment facilities for addicts.

Larry Comeau Ottawa

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(Adding more treatment beds is certainly an important part of the
equation.)
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