Pubdate: Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)
Copyright: 2005 The Toronto Star
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Author: Russell Barth

USE SAME TACTICS AS WITH 'DRUGGIES'

Re: Obesity now on Ontario hit list, July 14.

If the government's "war on fat" goes half as well as its "war on 
drugs," then there should be a dramatic increase in obesity over the 
next decade. Why don't we spend billions every year arresting and 
incarcerating obese people like we do with drug users? Maybe Tim 
Hortons could be reclassified as a "drug cartel?" Obesity already 
causes more deaths each year, and is a much bigger strain on our 
health-care system than illegal drugs, so why not use the same 
tactics with fat people as we use with "druggies?"

Russell Barth

Ottawa
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