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$898 million ......... 
That is more than shocking, it's saturation. You would think that life is short enough itself without taking this kind of rubbish to shorten it further, then living it addled, addicted, homeless and useless in society.
@davidc4430 wrote:i dont mind so much if those who choose to take these drugs die, they're choice.
what i do mind is the huge amounts of tax money thats spent across the board trying to fix the drug problem that could be being used much better.
we spend millions on detection of illeagle drugs.
we spend millions on picking up druged out people then 'saving them', only for them to go out and do it again. and again.
its almost like people think well if it goes wrong i'll be ok cos everyone will drop whatever they are doing to save me. police, ambos, hospital staff ect ect.
i sometimes think it would be so much easier just to release a mass dose of fatal drugs, wipe out the druggies in one fell swoop.
kinda like we are doing with the rabbit problem.
no customers no drug problem, and who would wanna try drugs knowing it was pretty much death first try?
Tell us what you really think Dave !!!.....
I know a few people who use ice. All except one are unemployed. They are locked into a subculture of unemployment, small time crime and welfare dependency. Their social problems are intergenerational. They include family violence or single parent families, poor engagement with education, usually loss of drivers licence and driving while suspended, peripheral engagement with serious criminals through drug dealing and sometimes petty theft. The list goes on and on.
If the drug users have children or younger siblings, the younger family members invariably follow the same path as older drug using members of the family. If a young family member tries to break the mould and do something worthwhile for themselves, the police still harass them because of family history. They find it hard to maintain employment as they have no role models, usually no means of transport and lack the normal systems of family support. Its very difficult to maintain employment when you are a homeless teenager due to family disruption and violence.
The constant cycle of boredom and lack of opportunity initially leads to dope use. Dope is seen by many as a harmless drug that has taken the place of alcohol as a recreational drug of choice. Drug dealers can at times lace the dope with ice or crack cocaine to get users hooked on harder drugs. The dope user often has their first hit of these harder drugs without consenting or actively knowing what is going on.
I personally think many of these problems result from society becoming too relient on the state instead of looking after themselves. Personal responsibility to feed and clothe yourself and your family has been replaced by a continually growing reliance on social services, family payments and free everything provided by the state. The votes attached to this provision of services by the state has become so large that no government is willing to acknowledge or address the problem. Every time an attempt is made to encourage people to take responsibility for their own affairs a huge uproar occurs, spurred on by the rise of social media.
I cant see any answer to the problems. Heaven help us all.
