Illegal drug use - Urgent wake-up call needed

JOHN CURRAN, the minister in charge of the National Drug Strategy admits that the approach has failed in its objective so far.

He wants the use of illegal drugs to be seen as socially unacceptable like drink driving.

For too long people tolerated drink driving, but the carnage on our roads served as a wake-up call. The victims were often young people overcome by the influence of alcohol and a sense of bravado. Their deaths were tragic but even more tragic were the deaths of so many innocent people killed by drunken drivers.