Last week I spoke on the issue of drugs on a local radio programme. The interviewer asked me what I was doing as a legislator and if I was prepared to back what might be regarded as draconian laws to tackle the drug barons. I would be prepared to do so, although, generally speaking, civil rights are one of the issues at the top of my agenda. Once the drug barons and drug pushers send people down the road of drug taking the next step is addiction. The people concerned are being condemned to the living death to which I referred.