ANDY Newman (EA April 1) correctly describes drug addicts preying on society as victims, yes, victims of their own stupidity and lack of self-control.
In the ideal world envisaged by your correspondent these pathetic creatures will be allowed to obtain heroin on a doctor's prescription.
How would he justify this measure to the relatives of someone who has been killed by a car driver doped up to the eyeballs?
Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money, much of it wasted, has been spent on rehabilitation of drug addicts.
Invite drug squad officers from Singapore to sort out the problem which our squeamish Government lacks the guts to do.
F AVENELL
Swindon
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