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Emergency Clock to use drugs in Oudewater
Drug use among youth and young adults in Oudewater is a much bigger problem than hitherto adopted by the city council. Research by the Public Health Service shows that there is many hundreds of users in Oudewater.
,, There is tacit acceptance around drug use, '' observes alderman Ad de Regt. A municipal health report among other shows that nearly 40 percent of young people between 19 and 24 years of drug use or has done. It also appears that 6 percent of the 13 to 17 year olds cannabis (have) used.
The research was conducted in the western part of the province of Utrecht and the Lopikerwaard further shows that more than half of the 15- to 35-year olds have taken drugs to him last year in the surveyed area.
pills
,, These are enormous numbers, '' found De Regt. Therefore, according to him and Mayor Peter Verhoeve time for action. ,, The use of pills in Oudewater is relatively high. We want to really know how it is. '' That is why coming months not only sewage examined for traces of drugs.
Follow discussions with the council and with experts. ,, Think of GPs, welfare organizations and people from education, '' said De Regt. ,, It's not that we do not know which is used in Oudewater drugs, the figures are only getting tougher. This is a big problem here. There is a smoking gun. It seems very easy to obtain drugs in Oudewater. ''
Environmental education
Recently is a dealer of the road picked thousand ecstasy pills in his car. Nevertheless represents Verhoeve: ,, The public nuisance by drug use is minimal '' But that does not mean that Oudewater resigns itself to the situation.. De Regt: ,, The report reveals that many parents do not find such a problem that use their children, partly because they were users. That 'environmental education' scare me. ''
,, It is necessary to address this problem, '' he adds. The directors point out the health risks and social risks of drugs. The Public Health Service did not respond yesterday because the report has not yet been discussed in each municipality.