No, Addicts Shouldn’t Make Drug Policy Canada’s policy of deferring to the “leadership” of drug users has proved predictably disastrous. The United States should take heed. Full story https://caainc.org.au/ Progressive “harm reduction” advocates have insisted for decades that active users should take a central role in crafting drug policy. While this belief is profoundly reckless—akin to letting drunk drivers set traffic laws—it is now entrenched in many left-leaning jurisdictions. The harms and absurdities of the position cannot be understated. While the harm-reduction movement is best known for championing public-health interventions that supposedly minimise the negative effects of drug use, it also has a “social justice” component. In this context, harm reduction tries to redefine addicts as a persecuted minority and illicit drug use as a human right. (fb)

THE POTHOLE STRATEGY IS FAILING ALL OF US Full story at https://caainc.org.au/ The insightful article and Opinion piece in the Herald Sun on the 16th of September 2025 by Shannon Deery really throws down the gauntlet to those in power or with influence to lift their game in addressing Crime Prevention. No longer can the quiet majority sit by and watch our once vibrant State deteriorate further. The CAA has been somewhat guilty of the apathy sin and, since its inception over ten years ago, has doggedly stuck to its policy of non-aligned political views. This needs to be modified. As Honourable as that stance may be... (fb)