Heroin Crisis

Title: Heroin Crisis
Category: Literature / English
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Heroin Crisis

The current debate in Australia about the heroin crisis is centred on the drug, and the high cost to individuals and society of its addiction. It is an emotional debate based on fear and fuelled by myths. The picture of a junkie who is shooting up in a dirty alleyway is a potent theme in these myths. (Alcorn and Brady 1999) In the article “Heroin - the Bogyman of the Frightened ’90s”, the authors outline some of …showed first 75 words of 538 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 538 total…to do this there is little chance of understanding the complexities of drug use within our society and to tackle the problems of addiction in a manner that provides long-term solutions. REFERENCES ALCORN, G. and BRADY, N. (1999) ‘Heroin – the bogyman of the frightened ’90s’ The Age, 6 April 1999, p.73-75. KELLEHEAR, A. and CVETKOVSKI, S. (1998) “Grand Theories of Drug Use,” in Hamilton, M., Kellehear, A., and Rumbold, G. (Ed) Drug Use in Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

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