Dear Editor:
RE: Harm reduction the humane way to help people addicted to drugs and alcohol: panel, May 23.
I find it very difficult to see how changing words to fancy jargon will help anyone with an addiction to get off alcohol and drugs.
The article states that instead of “street drugs” people should use “unregulated drug supply” or say “change in their experience” instead of “relapse” and instead of “clean” or “sober” say they have been “practicing abstinence”.
Really? You’ve got to be kidding. It’s just word salad.
Also a panelist should not down the AA organization, which has done great work for many years. Not all alcoholics are humans that use alcohol to deal with trauma and pain.
What are panel members really doing to get people to stop using alcohol and drugs? Have you checked into or recommend the work of Partners in Hope or Teen Challenge Canada treatment centres or the Push for Change organization?
Eunice Bosomworth,
Ayton