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 - ------------------------------------ (Adding more treatment beds is certainly an important part of the equation.) - --- MAP posted-by: Matt