Drug abuse in the Northern Territory

[BCC_1]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

This goes for both BCC_1 and you, is that the reason why Darwin and the wider NT is the least popular area of Australia for foreigners to settle in besides Tasmania? The crime rate? It seems similar to the state below me, Maryland.

I think it's more that there is a lack of opportunity there. There's not that many jobs available, plus, as wanneroo points out, it's incredibly remote.

[the troubadour]

Indeed the remoteness. There has been discussion for decades about Darwin becoming the door to Indonesia but little happens.
Even the Indons find it too remote perhaps to be off a lot of interest apart from cattle shipments out of Darwin Port and a few things like that.
Probably with a far greater Asian population it would take off more but a clearer role needs to be established towards the direction the city wants to take.
It is very expensive to live there. Housing and food all above other cities. Doesn't make it an easy place to settle.

[sulkiercupid]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

I was perusing the healthcare website of the NT and they have posted on their site that they have a need for drug addiction healthcare workers to stay in the NT. Does NT have a higher rate of drug abuse than other states of Australia?

I'd suspect that the drug abuse rate is considerably higher in the NT.

When I visited Alice Springs in 2003 I was not expecting to see the level of social dysfunction and alcoholism amongst some of the Aboriginal community there, it was quite shocking.

The federal government in the last few years have provided more government services as well as putting restrictions on alcohol and quarantining welfare payments in certain townships, in attempting to alleviate the problems there.
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