Open Minds Are
Needed: published letter
Source: Leigh Reporter
Date: January 12 2006
Author: Tom Hampson and Christopher
Taylor
Web: http://www.leighttoday.net/
After reading his interview in the Leigh
Reporter, my mate Chris, who the interview was about, asked me for my view
about it because he thought it didn’t tell the full story behind him coming off
heroin.
There was no mention of him being ejected
from his government detox programme after 11 days in a very vulnerable state.
If Chris didn’t have family and friends
around at that time I wouldn’t like to imagine what would have happened to
him. He was thrown out of his detox for
testing positive for cannabis which he explained was helping him get over his
heroin addiction.
It was also the main ingredient he used
to come off heroin when he was left to his own resources.
He said eating cannabis made beating his
addiction easier without the side effects of his prescription medication. So between Christopher and myself may we
suggest a bit more open-mindedness on the rules used in government detox
programmes. It definitely worked for
Chris and he feels maybe more people could benefit in the future.
It’s amazing what a bit of love, guidance
and mother nature can achieve when mixed with sheer determination!
Tom Hampson & Christopher
Taylor, Leigh