Re: Municipalities wrestle with tough line on drugs

(Sunday June 8, 1997)

To the editors,

Re: Municipalities wrestle with tough line on drugs
(Sunday June 8, 1997)

It is amazing how little creativity and insight our
politicians have when it comes to discussing drugs. The drug
policy resolution that was endorsed by our country's mayors
last weekend provides ample evidence of the intellectual
vacuity that exists in the town halls of this nation.

A number a major studies such as Canada's own Le Dain
Commission have concluded that punitive measures imposed
upon drug users don't work. Ultimately, the losers in the
American-style War on (some) Drugs will be the Canadian
population as justice and truth get thrown by the wayside as
our politicians scramble to emulate our neighbours.

Please remember Mayor Owen, the Charter of Rights exists to
protect ALL Canadians, not just those that you and your
political colleagues deem worthy. Do our politicians truly
feel that a pogrom that affects the over 10 per cent of
Canadians that use illegal drugs to be the ultimate solution
to the drug problem? Fancy that, Hitler and Stalin had a
similar notion.

Respectfully,

Carey Ker