Pubdate: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) Copyright: 1999 San Jose Mercury News Contact: 750 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95190 Fax: (408) 271-3792 Website: http://www.sjmercury.com/ Author: Denise Anderson ADDICTS NEED THE HELP ALL I can say is, more power to Barbara Harris, the woman who is offering $200 to drug addicts to get sterilized or to go on long-term birth control (Page 1A, Oct. 20). Maybe those who protested Harris' action should take in four babies addicted to crack, as Harris did. They will then understand that she is making credible statements arising out of her own personal experience. What are the protesters doing about the problem? Talking to the media and any fool who will listen about the rights of women and men who don't deserve any rights, much less any sympathy? And yes, the poor (and rich) crack addicts do need fixing, and they need it bad. This isn't right-wing stuff, it's common-sense stuff, which, unfortunately, isn't so common these days. Denise Anderson San Jose - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea