Drugs war far from won

I HAD to laugh when I read claims that the war on drugs has been won in Darwin.

It's unfortunate that in any community there will be drug users who are never going to go away. There will always be that demand in the market and ways will be found to bring drugs in.

If anyone believes it's harder to buy drugs in Darwin since the "tough stance on drugs" then, I'm sorry, but you're not in the real world.

Drugs are just as easy to purchase in the Territory now as ever. In fact, there's more choice for the drug users.

The difference now is that instead of buying pot from little old ladies in Humpty Doo, or speed from your local not-too-smart chemistry student dropout, drug users are able to purchase a much larger array of chemicals from much more sinister entities.

Sarah Kate (Surname withheld)
Darwin

Newshawk: http://www.napnt.org
Pubdate: 25th February 2005
Source: Northern Territory News
Author: Sarah Kate (Surname withheld)
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