The drug issue is a serious problem in Australia. It is not possible to find a simple solution to solve this big problem because there are so many decisions, thoughts and sacrifices to be made. When making such an important decision it is necessary to consider all aspects of the matter. Finding a solution requires numerous tests, meetings, interviews and research, just to name a few. Maximum attention is required when dealing with such important issues; all aspects of the problem must be considered. Zajdow describes drug abuse as a social, legal, health, economic and ethical issue (1999, p.44). This big problem therefore involves not only one department, but also many other departments. These include the police, which offers its power and resources, justice, which has the resources for prison, health, which offers treatment programs, and education, which provides drug education to the community. Without these departments, the issue would be too complicated for the government to solve alone. However, as indicated by Knowles, these departments were trying to obtain more funding to strengthen the resources they provide (2000, p.1). The drug issue as a social concern: There are approximately 25,000 heroin users in Victoria (Hodder, p. 10). This is a very large number of people using drugs, over the last 10 years it has been shown to have increased and so the drug issue is becoming a big problem for all the people of Victoria. Some people argue that drug users are not the victims of heroin. One writer observes: "The parents of the user who steals from them, abuses them, physically, emotionally and mentally, the siblings who suffer the loss of care and love but who are also abused and used by the user, the children of the user who they learn that their parents' desire for sex is greater than the desire to be parents,' they are the real victims of heroin (Fitzgerald, 2000). This problem therefore does not only concern the user, but also the society that lives around him drug issue as a legal problem: the government must draw the line somewhere. In Sweden the government distributed heroin for free, to prevent the drug from being impure. However, Margaret McKay (2001) states that if we follow the same steps, we will soon be distributing not only free heroin, but also other illegal substances. This will then lead to problems with other drugs as well.