Drugs continue to soar!

Gibraltar does not appear to be anywhere near close in getting to grips with this serious social issue. In a social perspective we are experiencing very bad times. This is a disturbing and dangerous period where drug trends are ever changing with high levels of drug abuse now affecting a sizable part of the community, particularly the younger generation!

Crime is up to unprecedented levels, the vast majority of crimes are drug or alcohol related. Most worryingly is the fact that it's the next generation of Gibraltarians who are going to feel the brunt of today's excess drug and alcohol abuse, more so, because of the failed and ineffective anti-drug mechanisms put in place to combat this serious problem?

Drug arrests and court cases keeping rising!

Last week both the supreme and magistrates courts were hard at it, administering justice sending defendants away to prison on lengthy custodial sentences for possession and the supply of illegal drugs, these defendant were all relatively young people.

Although there were few surprises with police activity, when you think the RGP had another bumper year where drug arrests are concerned with record highs!

Yet as I have said countless times, encouraging as these police and customs arrests are, it is no where 'near scratching the tip of the surface to this serious social problem'

Too often however, politicians (and this has been apparent over the past 8 or 10 years) seem to act according to what they think is right, rather than what is necessary.

It is clear, that to achieve success and make in-roads into this problem a general agreement and support for the appropriate measures is essential.

New drug strategy must be properly financed!

People easily forgetthat drug abuse affects too many lives - abuses, addicts, their loved ones, the victims of drug-related crime, they are all victims and cannot be ignored. The previous governments drug policy failed miserably, I think many people are aware of that latter point, I know I said as much numerous times!

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Drugs continue to soar!