[Margaret Pilkington]

They are vulnerable because thay have made themselves so.....they have looked for something that their life is lacking, in illegal substances....they made themselves victims....and I hate that culture.....where everyone else is to blame. Doing something because all their friends are doing it. My mother used to say 'if your friend jumped on the fire would you do it too?'

Each of us has a choice. We have to take the responsibility for that choice. This may seem a tough stance, but it is something that I believe.
Legalising drugs would not make the choices easier, or less harmful.......it would just mean that the state was the drug dealer.....and when folk became hooked they would be blaming the state.