What is the AHCs position on the syringe distribution program that operates on the Block?
A. The needle bus is a honey-pot that not only contributes to the Block’s image as a drug area but encourages transient addicts and dealers to remain in the immediate neighbourhood. Drugs are sold in every suburb of Sydney and in many suburbs in much greater volume than on the Block. However, the Block is the only residential neighbourhood in Sydney with a needle bus. In other areas drug users make a quick buy and leave, but on the Block the presence of the needle bus sends the message that using drugs is tolerated. Furthermore, the police are prohibited from undertaking drug operations around the needle bus, which contributed to the lawlessness of the Block in a very direct way. Furthermore, the AHC strongly objects to the needle bus being parked in front of a children’s playground, which entrenches in the mind of local children that drugs are a normal part of their lives. Needless to say, the AHC wants the needle bus gone and hopes that no other community is ever burdened with such a
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