Interesting Story About Drugs in Australia

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May 2nd 2006, 5:55 am

renth

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Interesting Story About Drugs in Australia

Apparently our "ice" isn't very good quality...

A BOOMING home-based industry in poor-quality party drugs is threatening the lives of young Australians, authorities warn.

The latest overview of the national illegal drug trade shows almost 14 tonnes of illegal drugs were seized in 2004-05...

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19000410-2,00.html

May 2nd 2006, 5:57 am

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Re: Interesting Story About Drugs in Australia

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Tough, if they don't buy it to kill themselves, there would be no market. Until it affects me and mine I couldn't give a monkey's what happens to the idiots.

May 2nd 2006, 6:07 am

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Re: Interesting Story About Drugs in Australia

It's this kind of slefish attitude that keeps John Howard in power

May 2nd 2006, 6:08 am

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Re: Interesting Story About Drugs in Australia

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Tough, if they don't buy it to kill themselves, there would be no market. Until it affects me and mine I couldn't give a monkey's what happens to the idiots.

I second that Pen

May 2nd 2006, 6:10 am

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Simple solution, make it all legal and tax it.

May 2nd 2006, 6:11 am

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It's this kind of slefish attitude that keeps John Howard in power

Eh! Why? Does he sell drugs?

May 2nd 2006, 6:14 am

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Eh! Why? Does he sell drugs?

One of the few things he does not do.

May 2nd 2006, 6:17 am

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One of the few things he does not do.

I am sure he could arrange for a good deal on wheat!

May 2nd 2006, 6:25 am

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I'm delighted to hear it.

Let 'em choke on it and die.

May 2nd 2006, 6:29 am

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It's this kind of slefish attitude that keeps John Howard in power

If that's the case then I'm glad. Beazley is an idiot & if he ever becomes PM it would be a disaster for this country.

May 2nd 2006, 6:30 am

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Well I'm shocked

Surely there isn't a drug problem in Australia......

May 2nd 2006, 6:33 am

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If that's the case then I'm glad. Beazley is an idiot & if he ever becomes PM it would be a disaster for this country.

That's why it will never happen. You take a carton of milk from the fridge (Beazley) and it's off (2001 election loss), you chuck it out, you don't put it back in the fridge and use it again a week later when the fresh milk has gone.

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May 2nd 2006, 6:40 am

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That's why it will never happen. You take a carton of milk from the fridge (Beazley) and it's off (2002 election loss), you chuck it out, you don't put it back in the fridge and use it again a week later when the fresh milk has gone.

What a great analogy. Its giving me a bit of an acid flashback though.

May 2nd 2006, 1:16 pm

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Re: Interesting Story About Drugs in Australia

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Tough, if they don't buy it to kill themselves, there would be no market. Until it affects me and mine I couldn't give a monkey's what happens to the idiots.

But it might affect you and yours one day..........so we can be selective about which social issues concern us and which ones don't, or can we?

May 2nd 2006, 1:32 pm

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Re: Interesting Story About Drugs in Australia

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Tough, if they don't buy it to kill themselves, there would be no market. Until it affects me and mine I couldn't give a monkey's what happens to the idiots.

pmsl

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