Harm reduction? Puh-leeze. Lock 'em up

How many pillars are in the Four Pillars strategy again? The Conservative's "get-tough-on-crime" moves are meeting resistance from Vancouver City Councillor Kim Capri, according to one article in the Vancouver Courier.

They are looking at more of an agenda that revolves around incarceration and using incarceration as a tool against drug trafficking," Kapri said.

So... locking up criminals is a bad thing? And we should be making special exceptions for drug crimes?

That's dumb. We have a crime problem in this city, in large part because of our drug problem. Paying for more cops on the street, more prisons and speedier trials doesn't necessarily mean less money for treatment and rehabilitation.

Enforcement is the fourth pillar of Vancouver City Hall's Drug Strategy. When one pillar goes down, so will the others.

Tags: Four pillars, get tough on crime, Conservative, Stephen Harper, Kim Capri