Pubdate: Mon, 07 Feb 2000
Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Copyright: 2000 The Sydney Morning Herald
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Author: Lars Newman

A DROP IN THE OCEAN

The front page of today's Herald reports on "the largest shipment of
the drug [cocaine] to come to Australia". It may be the largest
shipment actually apprehended, but this shouldn't stand in the way of
a good story and some grandstanding by Ms Vanstone.

In any case, with a generally accepted figure of 5 per cent of all
drugs being apprehended, it would seem that a solution to the drug
problem will not be found in sensational "busts".

LARS NEWMAN
Fairlight
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