Posted on May 31, 2011 by dpncwebmaster
May 30, 2011
Letter to the Editor
The National Post
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Dear Sir:
Thomas Kerr, author of the article on the Vancouver Drug Injection facility (May 30, 2011) is not an objective observer of the site.
He lobbied for the establishment of the drug injection site a decade ago, and he and his co-researchers have published over two dozen studies on the facility – all positive. It is no coincidence that all these studies have been peer reviewed only by those (as is Mr. Kerr) who support a harm reduction policy i.e. a policy that presupposes that the addict will continue to use drugs and the only solution is to reduce the “harm” to the drug addict. Significantly, Mr. Kerr and his co-researchers have refused to release any data to other researchers so that they can be verified. (more…)
