It is shocking today to hear that some “high profile” Australians are calling to decriminalize some or all illicit drugs because the “war on drugs was not successful”. The “experts” who met and lead such call did not give us any evidence that decriminalizing drugs would solve any problem.
“It is the easiest way to give up responsibility by decriminalizing illegal substances or activities. But the consequence of such moves was and would be always deadly” said Jamal Daoud, spokesperson for SJN. “The decriminalization of gambling saw the addict gamblers numbers increased from few hundreds to few millions at the moment”.
The “experts” did not tell us why they chose drug addictions only to ask for its decriminalization. The “experts” know very well that all human societies failed to stop other addictions and criminal activities. Human civilizations could not, for example, stop pedophilia, rape, killing, theft and other evil crimes.
“We wonder if these “experts” would move later on to demand legalizing pedophilia, killings, rape and theft as a solution for historically lost war on these horrendous crimes!!!”
The same “experts” that caused all socio-economic crisis our society is facing now, are trying to add to its problems.
The “experts” compare between illicit drug addiction to cigarette addiction, but failed to make valid conclusion to learn lessons from historical mistakes. Yes, smoking cigarettes is very bad and dangerous (though not to the extent of illicit drugs). But the experts do not observe the tremendous efforts to limit the devastation of such bad habit. Instead of demanding delegalising smoking cigarettes, the experts reached the wrong conclusion by demanding decriminalization of illicit drugs.
Other societies experience on decriminalization of illicit drugs were complete failure. Holland and Portugal became capitals of drug addiction, trafficking and all related socio-economic problems.
The SJN opposes and will strongly oppose any such move. This does not mean that the government and other security agencies should not take extra measures to fight the addiction, like community education campaigns and other rehabilitation campaigns.
The government should also consider other factors that lead people to become addicts. These include stress, poverty, social isolation, discrimination, loss of hope and other socio-economic factors that lead people to addiction. But any move to legalize illicit drugs would send the wrong message to the wrong direction and will have devastating effects and consequences.
For media contact, Jamal Daoud can be contacted on 0404 447 272
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