Idea number one:
The Night OwlsJoin together as parents of teens and create a group of easily recognized parents in uniforms which only have one task. Patrol where the youth is partying and observe what is going on.
They never interfere but stand as a group and watch. If the youth wants to talk, then they talk. If the group observes a youth too drunk to stand on his or her own feet, they call a cab for the youth, so he or she can be driven home. If they observes a youth lying on the ground, they call an ambulance so the youth can be hospialized. Such a group is in Denmark and Norway called "The night owls"
Night Owls in DenmarkNight Owls in NorwayIn several towns in Denmark, members of the night owls can ride busses for free recognizing their effort to keep our youth safe while partying in town.
Idea number two:
"Drugs out of the city"All parties (Law inforcement, Schools, Shops, Owners of night clubs, bars, parents) exchange information, so youths which is known users get banned from partying in nightclubs, school parties and bars until they aggree to stop using. The reason is that fights often is started by drugged people.
Users get their pictures hung up at the entrence to school parties, bars and nightclubs so the staff can show them the door when they try to enter.
The police helps by taking them to court where they as only punishment gets a ban from entering certain areas in the city for a certain period. If they break this ban, they ends up in jail. Another controversial issue is that drug users who have a drivers licence looses it for a period regardless of they were caught driving under influence or not..
Drug users are not forced into treatment, but there is some door, who remains shut for them in life until they either can delivers clean blood samples to show that they have stopped using drug or agree to enter treatment.
This tactic has meant a decrease of more than 20 percent in small cities in Jutland (population of 30.000 or less).
Option:
We are also discussing a wild cat strategy for drug dealers. We no longer catch wild cats in order to put them to death. Instead we catch them - cutt their balls - and releases them where they were caught, because death wild cats are replaced at once by new ones within days.
It is the same with drug dealers. If you take one of the street there is a new one taking the place the next day.
What about putting them up to public shame without charging them before there is gathered evidence enough to put them away for many years?
Let posters be delivered to club ownes, bars and school with name, picture and carnumber, so everybody can report the identity of the customers.
Drug dealers won't go away regardless of how many you put behind bars, but you can limit the number of their customers by letting your child know, that you know he or her secret when he or she is seen dealing with the wrong type of persons.
Let your offspring know that they have to endure the consequences of their druguse without you supporting them but that you are prepared to support your offspring regardless of the path, which is chosen towards healing.[/url]