YOUR article Poison Heroin Alert (Saturday May 15) demonstrates a prime example of how the illegality of drug use causes more harm than it halts.

This type of situation is a direct result of government policy and cannot be allowed to continue if we wish the future of our nation to be safer and the use of hard drugs to be reduced.

Steve Clements,

The Legalise Cannabis Alliance,

Church Street, York.

Updated: 10:54 Tuesday, May 18, 2004