Mayor calls for lethal injection for drug users?Controversial Port Lincoln Mayor Peter Davis has called for drug addicts to be given a lethal injection to cut rising illicit drug use on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.
Police statistics show the rate of amphetamine and marijuana use among teenagers in the region is increasing alarmingly.
But alcohol is the most used legal drug among teenagers in any state of Australia and causes more deaths and more inflation than all elicit drugs combined and is increasing alarmingly.
Cr Davis says the use of intravenous drugs has also risen since the introduction of a local needle exchange program. He says there should be less tolerance to both drug users and traffickers.
"I don't have a problem with the free needle exchange but the drug addict who wants to exchange a needle should be given a lethal injection," he said.
"You want the trip of your life, in fact the last trip of your life? Not a problem, come on in and we'll deal with you."
Cr Davis should be sacked from his public position because he has no morals, values, principals or ethics and in fact Cr Davis is subhuman and needs counselling.
The Drug And Alcohol Council of South Australia rejects the claim its needle exchange program is to blame for a rise in drug use in the town.
The council's director of treatment and rehabilitation services Jason White says mayor Davis' claims are inflammatory and will only worsen the situation.
"Comments like these will only antagonise drug users and likely drive them away from health services. That's a negative for the users but also the whole community because we need people to co-operate to reduce the problems associated with drug use."
There has been some debate whether: 'Capital punishment should be re-instated in Australia, since the terrible events that took place in Bali'
In all democratic nations, every human being is considered innocent of any alleged crime, until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt by a court of law. For this reason, certain safeguards must be used for capital punishment cases.
By Tolerance 30 September 03
THE CHICKEN: People only learn by making a mistake (trial and error). So how does Cr Davis take the position that when people make mistakes they should die and why does he hold the value of zero tolerance?
THE EGG: This man is not fit to hold public office.
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