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"It's hard not to question the SAPS's commitment to fighting drug abuse when POPCRU is calling for dagga to be legalized and only about eight Drug Awareness leaflets are printed per school," said IFP Spokesperson on Police, Velaphi Ndlovu.

The latest Annual Report of the SAPS lists its actual achievements in the Drug Awareness Campaign aimed at school going children. Among these is the fact that SAPS Museums have permanent displays of all identified illegal drugs.

"Faced with all the real pressures of adolescence, the need for social acceptance, the need to perform academically and often the need to contribute to the family's income, how many desperate teens being tempted by drugs are going to go to an SAPS Museum to look for answers?" asked Ndlovu.

"Drug Awareness Campaigns need to be relevant and they need to reach young people where they are - in clubs and at music festivals. Instead of printing a few leaflets that get thrown away, why not print the hard facts on pizza boxes and DVD rental covers?" Ndlovu asked.

"Rather than getting despondent, the IFP calls on the Police to get creative in the fight against drugs."

The IFP hopes that, after the President's meeting with Station Commissioners today, the SAPS will be inspired to get policemen and women into every school to spread the truth about drug abuse, particularly in schools in the Northern and Western Cape where drug lords seem to proliferate.