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The lengthy prison sentences imposed on major methamphetamine traffickers have done nothing to discourage the multibillion-dollar trade in Western Australia, Chief Justice Wayne Martin said. ice cream should be considered a public health problem. 19659002] In a broad interview as he enters his last week as Chief Justice of the State, Chief Justice Martin has stated that successive attempts by governments to "punish the exit" of the Methamphetamine outbreak had failed. Leading jurist – during which the prison sentences for major methamphetamine traffickers have become comparable to those of the state's deadliest – Chief Justice Martin said that experience had shown that these sentences were justified. we are going to punish our way out of this problem, we have illusions, "said Chief Justice Martin.
" We need other weapons in our arsenal than mere punishment because "" I think we need to think a lot about drug use as primarily a health problem. . . and encouraging young people to understand the consequences of one bad decision.
"Many children do not understand that methamphetamine can be an instant addiction."
"They think," I'm pretty strong, I'll try once and I'll do it. "
" It's not like that. An experience can be decisive for life. "
As he prepares to pursue a legal career of more than 40 years, Chief Justice Martin also:
These political demands for mandatory sentencing were" dangerous. "[19659002IthasbeenarguedthatsomeyoungAboriginaloffendersviewprisonasarefuge
Refused judges were disconnected or tended to commit crimes.
Chief Justice Martin Il will officially retire next Friday, his successor before to be announced by Attorney General John Quigley
An acting Chief Justice – presumed to be Senior Judge René Le Miere – will serve until a replacement is confirmed
. Chief Justice Martin, age 65, father of five, said he was "repositioning" rather than retiring
He intended to work in the non-profit area. ucrative with a focus on Aboriginal disadvantage
