Pubdate: Fri, 23 Dec 2016
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2016 The Calgary Sun
Contact: http://www.calgarysun.com/letter-to-editor
Website: http://www.calgarysun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67
Author: Dan Towson
Page: 14
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

UNBELIEVABLE LETTER

In response to Laurie R. Dirks letter regarding problems with
government spending money on addictions. Never in my life have I read
such an uninformed, ignorant, selfish and cold-hearted response to a
problem that affects us all.

As a Canadian, I'm embarrassed to know that uneducated buffoons such as 
yourself are breathing our collective air. These are people who are 
suffering a terrible disease, often as a result of being prescribed 
dangerous drugs by sometimes ill-meaning doctors. People who have no 
choice, no options, literally no hope.

They are losing their lives in record numbers, leaving behind trauma
and suffering, loved ones and friends who will never again see or hear
them. These are fellow humans, due the same love and respect as every
other member of our society. All this you spout just before the most
giving, loving season of the year. As my grandmother would say, 'for
shame'! give your head a shake, you are the lowest of the low, 'are
there no prisons? Are there! no workhouses?' Merry Christmas.

Dan Towson

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