Prescribing heroin to drug users is "something that might happen in the future", says Noel Ahern the Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy in yesterday's Irish Times.
I couldn't agree......more!
80% of all crime is related to drug use. Heroin addicts needs a large sum of money every week to feed their habit. This leads them to desperate acts of theft, mugging, house breaking, post office robberies etc etc in order to meet their need for case.
These crimes cause misery to those affected and their families, the fencing of stolen property creates a nice sideline for other criminals while all the cash raised is sucked up into the pockets of the scumbags selling the drugs and is used to increase supply, buy more drugs and the cycle continues.
Making drugs legal for addicts is a brilliant step forward which will break a large part of the vicious cycle and seriously harm the industry finances. It would reduce a lot of petty crime at a stroke as addicts needs are met without their having to resort to crime.
Drug addicts are not criminals they are victims. Victims of drug pushers and of a society that fails to protect them from such people and which leaves them desparate enough to use drugs to escape reality.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
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I totally agree. However, there have already been various experiments done with this and failed; introducing more drug addicts and the police enforcement doubled? However, maybe things will be done differentyly this time??
I totally agree. However, there have already been various experiments done with this and failed; introducing more drug addicts and the police enforcement doubled? However, maybe things will be done differentyly this time??
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