Is locking people up the answer to the P problem?

Published: 4:50PM Monday February 16, 2009 Source: Close Up

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  The government wants to come down hard on P dealers and anyone importing precursor drugs and the gangs are donkey deep in the P trade. A visiting expert says jailing addicts along with the dealers is a waste of time. Deborah Peterson Small and Police Association president Greg O'Connor discuss the issue

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