HIGHLIGHTS OF MARCH 2003

Cover Story:  NARCOTICS

EDITORIAL: Legalise Dadah

BY FR. O.C. LIM, sj

…drug addiction is a disease and a drug addict is not a criminal but a patient. And that calls for the legalisation of drugs.

 

Drug Rehabilitation: Where Has Malaysia Gone Wrong?

BY ANEEL DAVID KANNABHIRAN

Including a supplement:

WHERE TO GET HELP

Still Addicted

I have an addiction that has spanned 34 years to date…

BY ANONYMOUS

Focus: Winds of War

 

 

Should Heroin and Cannabis use be decriminalised?

A Case for Legalisation

BY ANEEL DAVID KANNABHIRAN

If the government were to finance the import or manufacture of pure heroin, and strictly controlled its dispensation solely through doctors, would this lead to a decrease in crime rates, street drug dealing, prison population, HIV infections and deaths by overdose?

 

 

Rumours & Consequences of War

BY DAVID ANTHONY

 

A Case For War

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Courage to Change

BY ANONYMOUS

WHEN I discovered my husband was an addict and had been struggling with it alone for several years, I vowed to do anything I could to ‘fix’ the situation. I was compelled to do whatever was necessary to make it alright for him. It was what families do for each other. My aim was to be the perfect wife who did not mind all the terrible, heartbreaking deception.

 

 

A wife shares how she coped with her husband's addiction and reclaimed her sanity.

FINE TUNING BY THE LISTENER

Bringing you news reports from radio stations around the world

Cannabis Linked to Biblical Healing

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A personal sharing of one addict's journey into recovery

Still I Was Loved

BY DAVID K.

IT was the year 2000 and I was sick again. I had gone into rehab a year ago and was “outside” for a few months. Then I got sick in the head and relapsed once more.

 

 

SOUNDCHECK  CD REVIEWS BY TTONE

This month's reviews: Avril Lavigne, Leeann Rimes, Tribute to Johnny Cash and Aseana Percussion Unit

NARCOTICS:

CURSE & BLESSING?

BY JOJO FUNG SJ

A TRAVAIL STREWN JOURNEY

A look at life in rehab

BY TERENCE NETTO

Frank Doyle SJ's Thought For The Month

DO NOT BE AFRAID

PROTEST MARCH

 

ARCHBISHOP'S SILVER JUBILEE IN PHOTOS