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Friday, September 22, 2006 12:00 AM

The needle and the damage undone

Vancouver has halted a drug epidemic by helping street addicts shoot up in safety. Will U.S. cities -- and Bush's drug czar -- learn from the Canadians' success?
By Mark Follman

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  • Friday, September 22, 2006 09:34 AM

    Nice one, Gordon

    So true. So very true.

    The current administration will never accept the fact that drug addiction is a social problem. They will continue to treat it as a criminal issue. Personally, I think Bush & Co want drugs to flood the streets so those who are on the fray (people they don't care about in the first place) will just disappear.

    Afghanistan, much?

    —No Name Given

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