Fun_People Archive
18 Oct
QOTD - Dr. John Morgan
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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 96 00:33:34 -0700
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Subject: QOTD - Dr. John Morgan
Forwarded-by: Keith Bostic <bostic@bsdi.com>
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Forwarded-by: qotd-request@ensu.ucalgary.ca (Quote of the day)
It struck most of us that the biggest harm reduction we could see would be
to stop putting people in jail for drug use.
-- Dr. John Morgan, who was commissioned by the American Medical
Association (AMA) to draft a report on harm reduction, commonly
defined as helping drug users minimize the consequences of their
behavior. The conclusion rattled the AMA, which subsequently
shelved the report.
© 1996 Peter Langston