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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