Source: Chronicle, The (Australia) Contact: FAX: 612 6239 1345 Pubdate: 13 Oct 1998 Section: Page 4 Author: Victor Heath CRACK DOWN EVERY week reports surface that used syringes are found in parks, walkways, or around flats after being discarded by junkies and hopheads -- so-called welfare and do-gooding groups treat addicts as some kind of poor misguided people looking for some kind of release from so-called pressures and stress. Thanks to these Michael Moore look-alikes the numbers of addicts increases weekly and besides robberies, we have young girls prostituting themselves to buy products that are illegal. And no matter how rose tinted the glasses are, when you look closely, addicts are criminals, using prohibited drugs. Athletes caught using drugs get punished. Why not junkies? VICTOR HEATH Duffy - --- Checked-by: Mike Gogulski