Oy, Canada (Part 3)

Say what you will about our imperfect health care system, here�s a glimpse of how our Neighbors to the North� health care system deals with one problem:

�Giving homeless alcoholics a regular supply of booze may improve their health and their behavior, the Canadian Medical Association Journal said in a study published on Tuesday.�

On the bright side, �the number of times participants got in trouble with the law had fallen 51 percent from the three years before they joined the program.�

Of course, the downside is a bit problematic:

�Three of the 17 participants died during the program, succumbing to alcohol-related illnesses��

To be fair, they might have died from these illnesses anyway; but then again, we�ll never know.

The report did indicate that the participants� experienced an improvement in their overall lifestyles, and their drinking subsided. All for the low, low bargain price of $8,000 a year.

Each.

That's a lot of Thunderbird.