MANNIN/ISLE OF MAN: DRUG AND ALCOHOL STRATEGY AN ABJECT FAILURE

The Isle of Man government should accept that 'The Chief Ministers Drug and Alcohol Strategy' has been an abject failure.

That was the view of the Manx branch of the Celtic League when the group met on Saturday evening (28/06/08).

Manx branch chairman, Bernard Moffatt, said it was only a matter of weeks since government Ministers were trumpeting the success of 'the strategy' and since that time there have been record seizures of drugs.

Whilst this may well be portrayed as an enforcement success the quantities and type of drugs involved clearly indicate a massive increase in the domestic market for illegal hard drugs, a market that appears to have grown exponentially in tandem with the duration of 'The Chief Ministers Drug and Alcohol Strategy'

The Manx branch of the League believe the government should abandon its delusion that the current flawed strategy is working and as a matter of urgency convene a meeting of all relevant interest groups in civil society on the Isle of Man to determine a workable alternative.

The Manx branch intend to raise the issue of drug abuse and drug related crime throughout the British Isles at the Leagues Inter-Celtic AGM later this year in Dublin.

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J B Moffatt Director of Information Celtic League

29/06/08