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What can authorities do to help Redfern residents tackle the community's drug problems?
YOUR SAYWhat can authorities do to help Redfern residents tackle the community's drug problems?
How can authorities make a difference to the lives of Indigenous people?
"A few decades ago , homeless people simply built a modest homefrom scrap materials for a few doll..."
How can authorities make a difference to the lives of Indigenous people?
"treat them as normal people : not allowing the "do gooders" to stop them from being integrated in..."
How can authorities make a difference to the lives of Indigenous people?
"authorities need to be aware of the continual marginalisation and exploitation of indigenous righ..."
There are excellent workers in this area that are helping to get these people into treatment and provide AIDS prevention. So those who are saying they need support, then I say they have it!
A good start is by just getting down there to the block and talking to people, and finding out what they want. They need a sounding board for all their concerns, and just having someone to listen to is basically a start. More Aboriginal workers from those services that tackle these issues need to be out there more on a regular basis.
Users in Redfern are amongst the most marginalised members of one of the most marginalised groups in the country. They need protection from the system (gaol, punitive measures) and the effects of the drugs (alcoholism, HIV, Hepatitis, addiction, antisocial behaviour, etc.). This will always be a balancing act with no single or simple answer; but a multi level approach, including well-spent funding (harm minimisation, advocacy for the whole community) can start to address some of the issues for the community.
i agree community outreach is what helped me out of the very same life style ppl showing they care to people who think they are a lost cause
perhaps more community outreach? ppl just hang out in the block sitting around.. it'd be good to see some drug and alochol outreach workers mingling and letting ppl know who they are.
Put more money into centres where the children can go and learn to live normally, with anti-drug programs, education facilities, arts, etc
Well for one thing why don't authorities tackle the problem from the top - i.e. targeting those who must be making their fortunes as a result of the misery they are creating through the supply of drugs. It's too easy to target users
I agree with education, but we must also provide opportunities for them to improve their life - without opportunities, there is no hope,
It's all about education. Give programmes run by the community itself decent funding so they can get kids active and involved in sport or creative endeavours or whatever the community leaders there decide will help them in consultation with the people there. There's nothing less effective than programmes being 'handed down' from on high.