Look, the drugs pamphlet has occupied a lot of attention in the last 48 hours.
Reba Meagher has called the document offensive and has ordered it to be pulped. The Acting Education Minister John Hatzistergos described it as unsuitable. And questions are being asked how the document could have been produced by the Sydney West Area Health Service in the first place.
Now it's also sponsored by New South Wales Health, and there's an association with the Panthers Rugby League football club. Questions are being asked as to how many of these pamphlets were produced and how much it cost taxpayers.
Where the critics are right - and I was one of them - is on the issue of the mixed message.
Now I hate drugs and I think there's only one way they should be approached: total abstinence - or the clichéd zero tolerance.
That said, it is important to recognise that the document does contain some worthy material.
It says, adjacent to a diagram of the brain: "Here's a few important things you should know" and it does tell you that people with a family history of mental illness are at high risk if they take drugs. That cannabis may unlock a psychosis, especially in young people. That young people who begin using drugs regularly at an early age are at a higher risk of mental health problems. That mixing drugs puts people at more risk of harm.
It stresses the mental health consequences. And then the mixed message which then says, "A few tips".
But to be fair, it does say "The best way to keep your head together is not to use drugs at all".
But then it says "If you choose to experiment, get to know your family medical history" and then this, "Let your brain finish most of its development before experimenting" - in other words, that's a pitch to kids to leave them alone. And then it says "Use only small amounts and not too often".
Now you could argue that in an ideal world everyone will be off drugs. But if we're not going to win that battle in the short term - we'll continue the fight in the long term - some of those so-called tips just might help to save a life.
The brochure then provides a whole range of contacts for anyone who might have a mental health problem, or might be using drugs.
In short, it could have been done better, some of the language is loose. But it's not without merit, even though it's not perfect.
But then the drug issue doesn't admit of perfect solutions either.
To be fair, it does say "The best way to keep your head together is not to use drugs at all." It's not too much to hope that one day that message will be understood by everybody.
One final point.
Where does alcohol fit into this?
It's a drug.
And legal.
