Your views: on a CBD crackdown and more – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Commenting on the story: CBD crackdown: Arrests, removals as police shift ‘anti-social’ problems

As a CBD resident and worker, I acknowledge that Hutt Street Centre CEO Chris Burns is perhaps correct when he states the current issue of anti-social behaviour in the city is not necessarily a homelessness issue.

Inarguably though, it is an alcohol and drug issue.

I want my girls to be able to walk home safely from Adelaide High School. I want their peers to walk safely to the train station, tram stop, or bus stop, without getting shouted at by someone high on meth or similar stimulants.

I have repeatedly had to dodge groups of drunk people acting aggressively toward each other across an entire footpath with smashed bottles on the ground; it’s not a safe way to walk home from work.

So…