Why the Drug Offensive May Fail, Financial Review, 23 May, 1986.

A PATHETIC DEFENSE FROM THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH NEIL BLEWETT AS TIME HAS SO AMPLY DEMONSTRATED, THE GOVERNMENT GOT THIS POLICY OFFENSIVE COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY WRONG. THE GOVERNMENT HAS REPEATEDLY IGNORED ACADEMIC AND EXPERT ADVICE IN FAVOUR OF SHORT TERM POLITICAL GAIN. THE ENTIRE COUNTRY NOW REAPS THE CONSEQUENCES OF POLITICAL, BUREAUCRATIC AND JUDICIAL IGNORANCE AND INCOMPETENCE.