HOLLANDS BAD EXPERIENCES WITH INJECTING ROOMS

 

 

Holland has been suggested as a good country to copy for drug ideas but the reality is much different, their weak drug policies have resulted in -

 

A 40% increase in shootings

 

A 62% increase in robberies

 

A 62% increase in car thefts

 

A 50% increase in registered marijuana addicts

 

A 22% increase in registered addicts for other drugs

 

In the U.S.A. in 1978 after the drug laws were liberalized and marijuana was legalized, drug use skyrocketed so that 50% of senior high school students had used marijuana in the past year, but after drug use policy was tightened up by the 1980’s use of marijuana had plummeted to only 23%.

 

This proves that a policy of drug prevention, which upholds the notion of no drug use, drug prohibition and drug treatment, is effective in lowering drug use.

 

(Source - New York Times letter to the Editor 26/2/96 by Dr. Eric A. Voth Chairman of the International Drug Strategy Institute)

 

By legalizing heroin in injecting rooms there will be more drug addicts & drug pushers.

 

 

We support-

Less addicts

Less drug pushers

Less drug related crime

Drug pushing & drug use must remain illegal

Taxes for injecting rooms must be used for detoxification & rehabilitation

Detoxification & rehabilitation must be court ordered

Drug centers must get addict drug free

 

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DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA Inc.