Friday, September 26, 2008
Canada: Conservatives put ideology before saving lives of drug addicts
As a safe, supervised place for intravenous drug addicts to go, the clinic has saved lives, helped slow down the spread of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C, provided support to mentally ill or homeless drug addicts, and helped stabilize a large population of addicts in Canada's poorest urban neighbourhood. None of this appears to matter to the Conservatives. (continue)