Australian's attitudes towards drug usage
Whether it's tobacco, caffeine or the green weed - Australians love their drugs,
Australians are very enthusiastic drug takers compared to the rest of the world. Once upon a time ready rolled joints and cocaine were freely available from the chemist. "They were used by people as medicines and they were quite effective medicines in their own way.
History of drugs in Australia
Prior to 1953 heroin was regularly prescribed for pain relief and when it was banned the public marched in the streets to protest.
Opium was at one point used to assist children suffering teething pain.
Last year in Australia smoking killed over 20,000 people and heroin less than 500.
Personal experiences with drugs in Australia
I was walking in a neighborhood once and noticed shoes tied together by the laces hanging from electricity and telephone lines, and I thought – very innocently – it must be the way kids play here ,, only later did I find out that these were actually "signals" that there are drug dealers in the area … incase you want some!
Drug dealing is severely punished in Australia so let me put it this way "Don't even think of doing that over here, you might very well lose your visa and get deported!"
Life in Australia 
