'If you do drugs you die': Tens of thousands of Australians beg to differ

I am writing regarding the Australian Federal Government anti-drug advertisements on television.

The truth about drugs – according to the $6 million War on Drugs campaign – is 'If you do drugs, you die'.

The reality is that there are tens of thousands of Australians from all walks of life who use drugs and do not die.

They take drugs and they have a good time.

The bad stuff doesn't happen to everyone and once you've used drugs once and suffered nothing but fun, the scare tactics aren't very scary anymore.

The only people they scare are people who have had nothing to do with drugs.

Gary Meyerhoff,
Rapid Creek,
Darwin,
Northern Territory
Australia

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Pubdate: Wednesday, 20 July 2005
Source: The Southeast Asian Times
Author: Gary Meyerhoff
Website: http://www.southeastasiantimes.com/
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