Pot times July 17, 2005
The Down And Dirty Of Dealing With Addicts On The
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1125/a04.htmlNewshawk: CMAP http://www.mapinc.org/cmap
Webpage: http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=7f362001-ee7a-4b7
Pubdate: Sun, 17 Jul 2005
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 The Province
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: Mark Tonner
Note: Sgt. Mark Tonner is a Vancouver police officer. His opinions
aren't necessarily those of the city's police department or board.
THE DOWN AND DIRTY OF DEALING WITH ADDICTS ON THE CITY'S MEAN
STREETS
I'll call him Mr. Kite because he was flying high, and because the moniker
in no way resembles his name.
I met him in a downtown laneway, at the end of a trail of carnage crossing
Vancouver's West End.
One 911 caller after another had complained of being attacked. Someone was
assaulting two or three people a block -- punching and kicking in numbers
sufficient to plot a course of travel.
