IF one was your child, would you take the rose colored glasses off and demand dealers in death,
Belly,
For one I don't have rose-coloured glasses & I would not support my child past the first couple of drug-induced episodes.
If only more parents were less emotional about bad kids as they are about the good ones ,the overdose problem would soon abate. If I had my way I'd sack the heads of Universities & schools were drugs are found & also sack the bureaucrats who prevent action against drugs.
Since legal penalties for drug abuse are so lenient, nature found a better way of cleaning the gene pool. Medicos attending overdose cases should not get paid for their time.

//Medicos attending overdose cases should not get paid for their time.//

Yes they should. Whatever happened to the notion of fair day's pay for a fair day's work? Why should we punish medical professionals for other people's misdeeds? And just how is dudding doctors on their pay supposed to discourage any junkie from abusing drugs?

Without doubt one of the most nonsensical policy suggestions I've ever heard.... if only alcohol was banned along with all the other drugs that make people idiots.

Toni lavis,
I did say overdose cases, not accidents. If I have an accident & have no Ambulance subscription then I let you guess where that leaves me. If drug abusers want help after a stupidity induced drug overdose, here, I'll write it again just for you, overdose then they should subscribe to the service if they want help.
Most acohol consumers are working & therefore most likely have an Ambulance subscription.
With alcohol you what you're letting yourself in for if you go over the limit, with drugs you simply don't know how things will turn out & if you're too stupid not to be aware of this risk then yes you might just do us all a favour by overdosing.

Not easy is it, think about children who find mum and dads stash, do we not send Ambos to them.
First time users who need help to stay alive?
Fact is hard drugs are called that for a reason, not understanding all users are not filth or drop outs is no exscuse.
Not taking in to account the impacts of dirty money have on our law and courts is no reason to ever call for a let them die policy
How about the impact on the kids in truly drop out households

How about the impact on the kids in truly drop out households
Belly,
I hear you but thus far neither side of politics has done anything to curb this dreadful situation & if they ever decided to address the problem, the voters would not support it because it'd mean sacrificing some miniscule amount of extra tax.
No, much easier to watch the footy & sell everything off from under their feet to overseas interests.
Why are there drop-out households in the first place ? A lack of caring for others is a big factor besides lack of discipline & responsibility. Australian TV alone is enough to drive people to drink & Centrelink rewards to drop-outs.
Centrelink should take over the daily expenses for the kids instead of giving the money to the drop-kick parents. Why not have a scheme that uses the funds witheld to properly feed the kids at school ?
The one question we need to get an answer to is why do people get into drugs in the first place ? I think the entertainment industry needs to be investigated.
Everyone wants a solution but when a solution is offered it gets rejected. National service is one of them.

individual boy you drag some big issues center stage and throw them at the feet of drug use, just maybe the only thing they have in common is they all are symptoms of a bigger problem.
Yes not enough is done world wide, to stop drug use
Look at the murders in Mexico and central American country's, could it just be that dirty money paid to dirty officials, stops true action?