Belly & Lexi,
I don't think you can use the normal point of view that you
cannot judge all by one.
I believe what we are witnessing here is a new paradyne.
Any attempt to apply previous attitudes and laws are doomed to failure.

I think of Einstein's saying,
"When an experiment fails I don't keep repeating it expecting a different outcome."

I think that is where we are now.

Dear Bazz,

Of course you don't keep repeating doing what you
did before and expect different results. That's
precisely the point. You have to try different
approaches and one of them would definitely be -
to try to find out what are the socio-economic
reasons as to why these problems exist in the
first place - and then try to find solutions
that just may work to solve these problems.
Antagonisms in the community don't help matters
either - be it between neighbours - or the police.

Bazz Lexi I retract nothing.
Time is sadly and honestly on my side.
I could have posted other links to past OLO articles.
Some could have been written by Lexi.
Nice warm cuddles all round ignore the facts.
Facts include Lebanese Muslims, their Children actually, from 1975 civil war drive the problem.
Are the problem in fact, whole pages exist,from post ww2 migrants and their off spring, saying just that.
We are bogged,at the very bottom of the hill,in a mud of denial.
That hill confronts us,but we try to walk around it.
The conference of the Americas is meeting.
High on the agenda is drugs the control of them.
We never can.
This country, in the 1990,s, even before, saw claims of extreme corruption and fortunes made by politicians,on all sides Medea barons did not escape those claims.
We are pawns, of little worth,in this war destroying whole country's.
We maybe be in the first stages of our own destruction.
Tax drugs, control drugs, free this country from being fed on by the parasites destroying it.
Including those nice young fellas burning our flag in Granville.

But that is the point Lexi, we are trying the same things over and over again.
None of them are/will work.

While we stall in that mud, take turns at ignoring the figures the Nationality's, even try to be nice to a new victim,the poor down trodden perpetrators.
We stand at a historic point, our gun laws are tough, yet we may well be at the very start of a culture that will forever take the fair go out of our country.
It is becoming a craze!
I think we should start the biggest ever campaign to change our drug laws.
Legalize and be brave, not fearful careful but brave.
NSW at least has sold lottery's, making billionaires out of the purchasers.
We should not go down that road, it feeds corruption.
A lean mean Government Group should be formed, it should purchase drugs.
Distribute them, and tax them.
It should pay its way and make a profit.
Price should be low as possible,so low no profit is there for black markets.
Mandatory prison for any black marketing.
Others can expand on my mud map, but register all users, no harassment no follow up.
One stop shop for users,first visit education and offers of help to leave drugs.
That shop offering 24/7 help and advice to quit
Expand as you will but still against the law to drive add to list while affected.
If we do not act? right now politicians yes my party too,Police Criminal Lawyers, feed on it and us.
Who thinks we can win a war on drugs.
More thoughts

NSW formed an Independent Commission in to Corruption ICAC.
Then pulled its teeth as it started to uncover political corruption.
Australian has seen the head of it anti drug/crime group involved in? crime.
We have despite in built protection of the thin blue line reluctance to see its faults, Police drug offenders, sellers, and in prison.
To support the proposed new drug laws I think we need a National crime Authority that is clean.
Our current one is crime PTY LMT!
With harsh life terms in prison for not being so.
And true power to investigate ANY CRIME.
We stand if brave enough, to gain a leadership roll in drugs.
Some will claim I am quite mad,maybe I am,but drugs in part grew so fast as FBI and CIA saw distribution took place in the 60,70/80s, to raise cash for its own purposes and to quieten youth.
Any change is better than nothing but we must go for squeaky clean fail proof change or be a failure.
More next time