I READ your paper on the Internet every evening to keep informed on events in the town where I used to earn my living.

I was puzzled by the report (LET, November 3) on the allocation of £140,000 to fund a group to look after people who we are led to believe do not drink or take drugs other than those on prescription.

DONALD ALLISON, Santiago del Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands.