“what would legalising drugs sales cure.......Nothing, Burglaries, thefts ,robberies and assaults will still continue as the scum will still need money to buy drugs...think on,,”

“At last!!!!! An honest copper. Of course it's not working! World prohibition is ludicrous. If there is no longer a profit to be made by the black market because the government are raking in the taxes, and addicts are given scripts there's no longer a drug problem. Addicts are fixed and don't have to steal. Also it would eliminate the glamour of doing something illgal. Why should it be a crime to be intoxicated in any way as long as you don't harm another living thing/damage property etc? Before anyone jumps on the moral bandwagon - how many of you have been drunk within the confines of your own home? Great, isn't it?”

“It amazes me that there are so many of you out there that think its ok for HONEST HARD WORKING people to carry on paying for all the drug taking idiots out there through our taxes. It is disgusting that we pay for all those who do not work have never worked and have no interest in ever working. I work damn hard to provided for my family as does my husband and i dont see why we should have to pay to keep all the druggies off their faces all day and every day. You all say that drug addiction is an illness, but its not its self inflicted, they chose to live their lives the way they do so why on earth do people feel sorry for them. Cancer is an illness so why isnt there a wide availability to the drugs that are needed to save lives, you dont chose to have cancer like you can chose to become a crack head junkie sponging off the state cos they ca\nt be bothered to do an honest days work. Fair enough if you work and take drugs cos then at least you contribute to the tax and insurance system. I am appauld that there are people out there that say drugs should be made legal it should carry higher harsher and longer prison sentances if caught. Bring back corporal punishment I say maybe that will teach a few more lessons and stop all the layabouts taking money from our national health system”

“Drugs ? legalised? You must
(a) be very young
(b) not have children
(c) not understand the kind of damage drugs do to the human body
(d) you must also not know that opium was sold by the british to China for profit hundreds of years ago. that resulted in addiction of the masses and eventually, the downfall of China.
(e) Cigarettes are legal for adults but that doesn't stop teenagers from smoking. What makes you think legalised drugs would solve any problems? Ditto for alcohol.

How to solve problems? Clamp down hard on dealers.Some countries have death penalties for illegal drug possession. Because supplying drugs is murder, slow, but sure.”

“I agree wholeheartedly with Martin Daniels above. That admital by Mr Azzopardi above is a shameful and totally defeatist attitude to take. The man is publicly admitting that he is not up to the job. He should be fired immediately, and replaced wit someone with a desire to beat drug crime.”

“legalize certain drugs, they will be taken legal or not.
Get alot of them of the street into coffee shop sort of places like Holland have. Clean needles, proper drugs with no other nasty chemicals-materials in them.

You make money of it and more people are safe and of the street. Its going to get alot worse so hurry up”

“Removing benefits from drug addicts is not a good idea. Addicts generally cannot work, as drugs make them physically and mentally incapable of work. So, if they had no benefits, they would be committing even more burglaries, etc, to fund their habits. The dealers and the criminal gangs who control the drugs trade are the ones to target. Whether this is best done by legalisation of controlled drugs, or through greater law enforcement, I really don't know. Perhaps we, as a society, should become more pro-active in reporting suspected drug dealers. This can be done anonymously, via CrimeStoppers, so no-one need risk their own safety.

Despite how despicably many addicts behave when in the grip of their addiction, don't lose sight of the fact that they're human beings. I've known many good people to change beyond all recognition when they've developed a dependency, becoming thieves, liars, etc. I've also seen the reverse happen, when addicts get clean and start living honest lives. So perhaps the best answer is for the government to put much more money towards eliminating the illegal drug trade, and also, into providing more facilities for addict treatment and rehabilitation. Drug addiction and drug-related crime are society-wide problems, and it will take a multi-pronged, multi-agency effort to win the war against drugs and the scum who peddle such filth.”

“I am horrified that Mr Azzopati is so negative and resigned to the fact that that we are overwhelmed by the problem of drugs in the city. Perhaps they want to reassess their priorities. I am a pensioner and rarely venture out but in the past month did so to go to the cinema with my bdaughter one Saturday afternoon. Walking through the city centre we were plagued by hordes of loud teenagers dropping litter, swearing and shouting and left to their own devises. Not a police officer in sight. I found the whole situation very intimidating and totally out of control. I will not be repeating it.
The following week my friends wife had her purse stolen fromMc Donalds in town, all caught on CCTV. The police were called but couldn't be bothered to attend. They informed her of that 4 hours later. Two weeks later they then said that was the end of the matter as there wasn't any evidence.????
I parked my car in Killay last week and after an hour was harrassed by two PCSO's. You never see them when there are crowds of youths causing trouble but you do when you overstay your parking. To cap it all though my son in law was stopped by a patrol car because he had a letter in his numberplate too close to another. he had to buy another one and given a fixed penaly ticket. Come on Mr Azzoparti be positive and get your priorities right. Some positive reassurance would be far better since most of my council tax goes to the South Wales Police Authority. What are we really paying for other than for the law abiding citizen to be persecuted.

C Williams (Pensioner)”

“swansea police should take a walk down around the ymca area and they could easily round up all the druggies.”

“I live in ravenhill and the area is full of drug users and alcoholics and i think that the justice system is far to leinient to dealers and users and they receive far to much time and money to get help i personally believe that they should be taken off benefit etc if they unemployed and fend for there habit themselves as it is the drug users whom manly steal from shops, houses etc to fend for the habits and i am fed up as we have these junkies knocking our doors on a daily basis trying to sell us goods etc, the police and the justice system and the government need to knuckle down hard on the dealers and their suppliers as they arent afraid of consequences at all these days”