[Helen 28]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yes but these traffickers aren't directly responsible for that though, as much sympathy as I have for heroin addicts, they choose to take the drug themselves. Do you reckon more or less people die from alcohol related deaths every year? And should breweries, off-licences etc bear some of the responsibility for that, do you think?

I know alcohol is a big killer far worse than drugs but I also think if all drugs were legal like booze the death rate would rocket.

The difference between the 2 is by law we can do something about drugs, because we can't stop boozing doesn't mean we can't cut drug use.

I do agree that drug users with rare exceptions have only themselves to blame but unfortunately their habit often kills others as well.