COUNTY - Some details emerged last week surrounding allegations that a Blockhouse man made more than $127,000 from illegal drug activity. Brian Gregory Langille was back in a Bridgewater courtroom June 15 for a preliminary hearing on proceeds of crime charges. Federal prosecutor Josh Bryson began by withdrawing one of the allegations involving $136,361.93, but told the court he was proceeding with the other two charges. Those allege that Mr. Langille had $127,033.99 obtained by crime and that he concealed his ill-gotten gains between January 2002 and the end of February 2007. [continues 529 words]
Should the injection site for addicts in Vancouver be closed? Proponents argue that one million injections in Vancouver have saved lives and decreased the risk of HIV infection. Others contend injection sites send the wrong message and should be closed. But in this heated debate, why don't both sides and our government attack the root cause of this cancerous problem? First, how sick are these heroin addicts? I've no idea, as I've never treated addicts. But Dr. Theodore Dalrymple, a British prison doctor and psychiatrist, has treated addicts for years. In his book "Romancing Opiates," he writes that heroin is not as highly addictive as is claimed and withdrawal is not medically serious. He contends that a useless medical bureaucracy has been established to deal with addicts. [continues 593 words]
