Arguments against Injecting Rooms

 

 

MAIN POINTS

Injecting rooms maintain mind altering drug use rather than eliminate the problem through rehabilitation to a drug free state.

Drugs are illegal because they are dangerous in that they alter the human mind, cause health problems, shorten life and cause death.

Addicts will purchase drugs from pushers therefore providing greater profits for pushers.

Addicts will still use crime to get the money to buy drugs from pushers.

Drug related crime will only be eliminated by getting addict’s drug free.

Drug overdoses will increase as drug availability increases usage and deaths from overdoses will also increase because of these increased overdoses.

Drug free people do not die from overdoses so why not get addict’s drug free?

Drug free people do not need medical and hospital services because they have no addiction.

Addicts say they will not use injecting rooms unless they are convenient to the addicts.

Addicts are not rational so have little control over their decisions.

Who will be banned from injecting rooms (children, first time users, violent addicts, mothers with kids, drunks, suicidal addicts, etc)?

Will injecting room providers assist addicts to inject mind-altering drugs when the addict cannot locate veins or cannot inject themselves, etc?

Will drug sharing (pushing) be allowed and how many times a day will an addict be allowed to use the injecting room?

The police will turn a blind eye to "local" pushers.

How many taxes will be used to compensate addicts families for overdose deaths?

Will families of dead addicts be able to sue injecting room providers and staff for negligence?

What drug cocktails will be allowed for the 90% of drug addicts who use more than one drug?

The number of addicts will expand because of the Bracks government "safe" message on drugs encouraging more addiction, crime, overdoses and drug pushing.

Injecting rooms have been strongly criticised by respected overseas experts because they increase the use of mind-altering drugs.

Respected international drug agencies have criticised injecting rooms as they breach Australia's treaty obligations and undermine the international fight against mind-altering drugs.

Injecting rooms will make our cities less attractive for tourists, business and the local community.

Mind-altering drugs are never safe.

 

 

ALTERNATIVES

We must copy other countries like Sweden that have more success against mind altering drugs.

Must stress detoxification then full rehabilitation.

Mandatory detoxification ordered by courts as supported by the Melbourne Herald Sun editorials.

2/2/2000