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Facts that speak for themselves

, Issue 352,

Facts that speak for themselves

  • 84% of government drug spending is to police drug use; 6% on treatment; and 10% on education.
  • 83% of people are in prison for drug-related crimes.
  • There are only 21 juvenile detoxification centres in Australia
  • Most prisons have no drug or alcohol treatment programs.
  • 70% of crime in Victoria is drug related.
  • The world drug trade earns $300 billion a year — second only to arms trade.
  • The Australian drug trade earns $7 billion a year — bigger than the tobacco industry.
  • Marijuana was made illegal in the 1930s, heroin in the 1950s.

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