National drugs strategy - We’ve drawn enough lines in the sand

MOST of us are happy enough to accept that drug abuse is a growing problem, but at the same time we don’t pay it too much attention as it does not impinge on our lives.

It is more a shadow than a presence.

Just like yesterday’s tragedy when an Air France Airbus 330 disappeared with 228 people on board, including three Irish citizens, we can all accept it as real. We can recognise that it is terrible for those who lost loved ones but, because it does not touch most of us directly, we move on quickly.