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Drug problems

JEFF Levy's letter last week on the usage of drugs by our young people was very interesting. Often, parents turn a blind eye to the problem - in some cases the parents were users themselves.

The Jerusalem Post recently highlighted an extremely big problem involving young people who come to Israel from the UK.

We are the centre of drug traffic by the sheer nature of our geography.

This means they will be able to keep up their habit - and obviously "not in front of the parents".

Various organisations go out looking for these kids to try and help them to come off of the drugs. This naturally costs money in a country which has plenty of other problems.

It is extremely unfair of families in the UK, knowing that their child has a drug problem, to still send him or her to Israel so that "someone else" can solve it.

Leah Kravitz,
Rehov Petach Tikvah,
Netanya.

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