REHABILITATION IS THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO INJECTING ROOMS
The only proven way to reduce deaths from drug overdoses is to get addicts drug free as soon as possible.
Sweden, U.S.A., Singapore and other countries, which have much lower drug use and substantially fewer addicts than Australia, use their legal system to direct addicts into detoxification and rehabilitation.
The Melbourne Herald Sun (21/10/99) stated that “the law must compel addicts to undergo treatment” and again (24/8/99) “compelling (addicts) to accept treatment under pain of jail”.
This has many advantages-
· Less drug overdose deaths
· Less addicts as treatment gets addicts drug free
· Less demand for drug pushers
· Less use of health services for overdose victims
· Less crime because of less addicts
· Former addicts now drug free contributing to society
· Less police resources used for drug related crime
· Less taxes being used on syringes, beach cleaning, disposal, etc
· Less taxes being used for community services for addicts
· Less taxes being used for drug committees and enquires
· Less taxes used for drug maintenance programs
· Former addicts living longer with improved health
· Less taxes used for income support programs
· Courts used to solve problems with better programs
· Less taxes used for prisons as there is less drug crime
· Less taxes used for coronal investigations
· Less blood infections e.g. Hepatitis
Less addicts not more
Don’t legalize drug pushing
Less crime not more
Taxes for injecting rooms must be used to get addicts drug free
More detoxification & effective rehabilitation programs
Prisons & youth centers must get addicts drug free
FACT SHEET 13/2000
Drug Advisory Council of Australia inc.