Needle in a haystack...

OK, so most of my readers, (well what, three or four of you guys?) will note that most of these entries are not on a serious subject. Perhaps I find it easier to talk about things I enjoy then delving into the controversial, difficult to comprehend, or abstract. However I read something interesting in the paper that got me thinking. Ottawa had a crack pipe program and a needle exchange program, the latter of which was sponsored by the Ontario government, so addicts could bring in their used paraphernalia and get new stuff, presumably to keep themselves from becoming infected. Ottawa has now done away with this program in the interest that it makes the city look like it condones the use of drugs, which I agree it does. If you are handing out the means to uses these ILLEGAL substances you are certainly not preventing it. Now I understand the logic behind it, trying to prevent infectious diseases from spreading and the like, but these people are breaking the law and should take it upon themselves to protect themselves from coming into contact with these problems. We should not give them the means to continue to conduct illegal activity, no matter what the humanitarian side of us feels. Now I certainly don't think they are all bad people, many have just made very, very bad decisions and need help. So why not sink money into programs that help to keep people off drugs, like rehab centers and education to prevent people from using them in the first place. Or crack down on those supplying them in the first place. Handing out free supplies to use the drug that is keeping these people in trouble is not the answer, they need more intensive care than that.