Pubdate: Fri, 5 Mar 1999
Source: Canberra Times (Australia)
Contact:  http://www.canberratimes.com.au/
Author: Philip Barton

WHERE DOES ALL THE MONEY COME FROM?

ORDER of Australia medal recipient Marion Watson has recently pleaded guilty
in an ACT court of being a principal player in the local heroin trade.

Ms Watson is a founder of the Canberra Needle Exchange Program and Assisting
Drug Dependents Inc, an organisation which favours a change in the current
legal status of drugs.

How odd that the Ms Big of the local heroin trade supports the legalisation
of heroin!

Rather brings undone the argument that the biggest benefit of legalisation
will be removing the criminal element from the area. The criminal element
obviously does not agree.

I would love to know where the vast sums of money are coming from for this
very-well-financed, Australia-wide push for legalisation.

PHILIP BARTON Watson

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