[HARMRED] Today's letters

[SCOTT C. BURRIS]

Thanks for squawking, Robert. The Times seems addicted to drug panics, euphoriphobia and the war on drugs.

Scott Burris
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Temple University Beasley School of Law

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On Aug 1, 2011, at 12:31 PM, "Victor Pawlak" <vpawlak at juno.com> wrote:

> Robert,
> 
> When I worked for a daily paper, trained as a journalist, I thought I
> thoroughly checked facts and statements of those interviewed. But it
> wasn't until I learned about scientific inquiry and epidemiology that I
> really learned to check references. Sloppy is still sloppy, though.
> Mistaking Zurich for Amsterdam ie easy enough to check in 10 seconds on
> Google.
> 
> Victor
> 
> On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:27:42 -0400 Robert Heimer <robert.heimer at yale.edu>
> writes:
>> Today you published a letter from James M. Boling that included the 
>> phrase "the infamous Needle Park in Amsterdam".  First of all, that 
>> site 
>> was in Zürich, not Amsterdam and, more importantly, the response of 
>> the 
>> Swiss was to establish one of the best and most comprehensive 
>> addiction 
>> treatment systems in the world which has more than 85% of the people 
>> 
>> diagnosed with addiction to heroin and other opioids in effective 
>> medication assisted therapy for addiction.
>> Why must the NY Times bend over backwards to give equal voice to the 
>> 
>> ill-informed?
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