Some responses / Royal Commission into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, South Australia.

  • South Australia. Royal Commission into the Non-medical Use of Drugs.
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[1978]
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Credit: Some responses / Royal Commission into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, South Australia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The younger drug users attract more attention in the mass media because the drugs they use are more likely to create drug dependence over a short period and because the life-style they often adopt also attracts the attention of the mass media. The drugs more likely to be used by the young are marijuana, narcotics and LSD—in that order—with the emphasis on marijuana. Church of England, Adelaide, Social Questions Committee, 22 ...a reasonable estimate from surveys of drinking in Victoria, a reasonable estimate, would be that on any one night, 10 000 men would be totally drunk. Dr G. Milner, public hearing, transcript, p. 924 ... for example I work on the understanding that 10 per cent of adult Australian males at any one time are actually damaged by their use of alcohol. Dr G. Milner, public hearing,