Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 February 2003

National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008: Statements.

 

It would be helpful if we returned to basics. Today we are talking about the legislative process. As the Minister of State pointed out, several Departments are involved. This is indicative of the manner in which the tentacles of the drug-taking culture tend to move into all aspects of life. The community is working in partnership with those Departments. This is how it should be because the difficulties are on the ground and those suffering live in the community. It is not just the drug-taker who suffers. We must ask questions such as why is there so much crime? Why is there so little respect for life? How can anybody pulverise or rape an old person of 80 or 90 years of age? How can people be so greedy? How can there be so little neighbourliness? Why can people benefit so much from crime? These questions are fundamental to any corrective measures we will take.

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