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她家有不是只有一次被爆群体吸毒。
THE PM MUST LISTEN ON DRUGS
The Prime Minister should heed the advice of others on this problem if he is to lead on it.
THE decision by Pymble Ladies College in Sydney to expel nine girls for smoking marijuana has attracted the full approval of the Prime Minister, Mr John Howard. ``I would hope that all schools would take the same attitude,'' he said. ``Because if you have a black-and-white attitude at that stage I think you are far more likely to yield results.''
When Mr Howard talks about a ``black-and-white'' approach to drugs in schools, he tells us much about his view of the drug problem in the broader community. Mr Howard has previously advocated a ``zero tolerance'' approach to policing the use of illicit drugs. His thinking on the subject does not appear to have moved measurably forward. As with his dismissal of legalised heroin trials as a ``glib and simplistic'' response to Australia's epidemic of heroin abuse, Mr Howard's latest pronouncement on drug abuse has been met with informed criticism from those closest to the problem. Public and private school principals have condemned the Prime Minister's remarks as inappropriate and offensive. The president of the Victorian Association of State School Principals, Mr Ted Brierley, was blunt in his assessment of Mr Howard's comments: ``He has no real understanding of the issues.''
For principals and school communities, the question of what to do about students found possessing, using or trading in drugs is not abstract. It is a real problem. Victorian schools expelled 27 students over drug-related matters last year. Expulsion is a last resort measure with life-long implications for the students involved. Mr Howard's advocacy of punitive measures smacks of the sort of thinking that has driven the fight against drugs in this country for decades. It is an approach that has demonstrably failed. Drugs - especially heroin - have become more readily available and cheaper on Australian streets than ever before. The number of young people dying as a consequence has risen at an alarming rate. A prohibitive regime alone does not and cannot work. By enunciating such views yet again, Mr Howard sends all sorts of messages, particularly to the young: that he is out of touch with street realities, that he is stubborn in his refusal to accept the advice and views of others more experienced in the drugs question, that he is reluctant to let go of an approach that belongs to the 1950s and not the 1990s.
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