NAPNT - Gary’s Drug War Rantz: A figment of your imagination

NAPNT - Gary’s Drug War Rantz

Welcome to Gary Meyerhoff's Drug War Rantz. I am one of the founding members of the Darwin-based drug law reform and human rights group the Network Against Prohibition (NAP). I'll be using this blog to post my opinions on the myriad of issues that surround the war on drugs from the perspective of someone who is heavily involved in the Australian and the global drug user movements as well as keeping you up to date with some of the horrendous 'war on drugs' news and more...

Friday, December 23, 2005

A figment of your imagination

Another letter to the editor that the NT News didn't print.

B. Baggley of Northlakes is concerned that people like me may start praising the 'pushers' at the school gates for luring our children into drug use (NT News, December 22).

I just wanted to let you in on a secret.

There are no 'pushers' at school gates and there never have been in Australia.

The image of the 'drug pusher' is a product of the blatant anti-drug lies and propaganda laid on the Australian public by subsequent Commonwealth and State and Territory Parliaments.

Like everyone else, young people actively seek drugs as and when they want to use them.

The only people pushing drugs on our young are the major alcohol, tobacco and pharmaceutical corporations.