Injecting rooms leads to more addicts & drug pushers
Injecting rooms maintain addicts on mind-altering drugs so -
- There will be more addicts not less.
- Crime will increase, as addicts need money to buy drugs from pushers.
- Government experts admit more addicts will die.
- More health services will be needed, as there are more addicts.
- More drug overdoses will occur, as there are more addicts.
Injecting rooms will be a bonanza for drug pushers because -
- Drugs will be legal.
- Addicts who use injecting rooms will buy their mind-altering drugs from pushers.
- Drug pushers will make millions from pushing drugs near injecting rooms.
- Drug pushers will swarm around injecting rooms.
- Police will not touch drug pushers near injecting rooms.
- Addicts will push drugs to other addicts at injecting rooms.
- Overseas experience shows injecting rooms increase the number of drug pushers.
THE DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS-
More detoxification & rehabilitation that gets illicit drug users drug free.
Court ordered and supervised detoxification & rehabilitation.
Less illicit drug users, drug pushers and drug related crimes.
FACT SHEET 1/2000
