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News (Media Awareness Project) - Canada: Ad: Sweden Winning War On Drugs
Title:Canada: Ad: Sweden Winning War On Drugs
Published On:2001-11-25
Source:Province, The (CN BC)
Fetched On:2008-08-31 12:10:27
SWEDEN WINNING WAR ON DRUGS

Proponents of 'Medical' marijuana, needle exchange programs,
methadone handouts, "soft" law enforcement, legalization, and other
permissive dug strategies would have you believe Canada cannot win the
War on Drugs.

Sweden proves otherwise. By choosing zero-tolerance and a drug-free
society, Sweden is eradicating illicit drug use.

Only 2% of young adults in Sweden are likely to have smoked cannabis
in the last year. In drug-permissive countries like Holland, it's
about 14%. In Australia, 33%.

In Sweden, use of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines is also
apprecibly lower.

Swedish courts can order treatment; drug trafficking may be punished
by 20 years imprisonment; schools and municipal social services
provide extensive education against drug use; "harm reduction" and
needle-exchange have NOT been adopted.

COMPARISON - Restrictive SWEDEN to Permissive AUSTRALIA [table not
reproduced, see link to the ad above]

Throughout the world, statistical evidence proves tolerance as a drug
policy is a failure.

Wouldn't Sweden's model be a better choice for Canada?

There are solutions working in the world today!

Shouldn't Canadians benefit from this Knowledge & Experience?

IDEAS

INTERNATIONAL DRUG EDUCATION & AWARENESS SYMPOSIUM

presented by INTERNATIONAL DRUG EDUCATION & AWARENESS SOCIETY in
partnership with DRUG FREE AMERICA FOUNATION INC. AND DRUG PREVENTION
NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS

May 1 to May 3, 2002

Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Center

With the use of statistical and documented evidence, IDEAS -2002, the
first of it's kind in Canada, is committed to bringing honesty to the
issue of tolerance for substance abuse.

IDEAS has invited Swedish, Swiss, U.S., Canadian and other
world-leading medical, legal and police experts with impeccable
credentials and esperience in the prevention, treatment, law
enforcement and harm reduction of illicit drugs. For three days, they
will meet with Canadians of influence in a conference intended to
examine Canada's permissive drug policies.

If you have been invited, please reply Early. If you are interested,
please refer online at www.ideas-canada.org
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