Skid Row Misery
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Dietrich’s eloquent and compassionate essay is founded, regrettably, upon a false analogy. The lepers of ancient Palestine did not suffer from a self-indulged disease. Can we say the same for the drug addicts of Crocker Street?
MARTIN E. MULLEN JR.
South Pasadena
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