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Former top cops want ‘white market’ in illicit drugs, decriminalisation, more injecting rooms
The Australia21 report has the backing of former police commissioners and assistant commissioners, two former heads of Corrective Services, a former Supreme Court Judge and a former Director of Public Prosecutions. […]
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Kings Cross healthcare provider Ingrid van Beek says the time has come for drug decriminalisation
Ingrid van Beek, who has been at the forefront of providing health care for drug users, sex workers and homeless people in around Sydney’s Kings Cross for 30 years, is calling for drug use to be decriminalised. […]
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Drugs: The big win that proves we lose
Since Mokbel was jailed, the flow of drugs has only grown. He brought them in by containers; now syndicates have their own ships. He was a smart local entrepeneur; now Australia is targeted by international cartels, well aware we pay the highest prices in the world. The truth is we are worse off now than when Mokbel was grabbed 10…
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As police admit to losing battle, Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation president Alex Wodak calls for ice ingestion rooms
As State Government officials tour the state for a series of Ice Taskforce roundtables, people at the frontline of the Australia’s ice epidemic have told the Sunday Mail the police-based “war on drugs” approach is failing. Instead, they say a greater focus on health services, funding for treatment programs and “safe use” information is the key to beating the ice…
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HRA & FDS Submission to the Victorian Parliament Law Reform, Road and Community Safety Committee
HRA & FDS Joint Submission to the Victorian Parliament Law Reform, Road and Community Safety Committee […]
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An Interview with Ethan Nadelmann
(W)ho are the drug reform movement? We’re people who love drugs, people who hate drugs, and we’re the people who don’t give a damn about drugs. But every one of us believes that the war on drugs is not the right way to deal with it. And that weaving together of a movement is the thing that I’ve (…) taken the…
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Australia’s war on drugs is failing. We must change course
We cannot allow our national drugs policy to be dictated by the feelings of ageing shock jocks, and conservative politician desperate to cling to power at any cost. We must stick to the facts. It is the only way to save lives. […]
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Why is it still so hard for patients in need to get medicinal cannabis?
It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the perceived clash between medicinal cannabis and our decades-long commitment to drug prohibition is now the major impediment slowing the introduction of medicinal cannabis in Australia. […]
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United Nations drugs board slams killings in Philippines
In a new annual report, the INCB says ‘extrajudicial action, purportedly taken in pursuit of drug control objectives, is fundamentally contrary to the provisions and objectives’ of international drug conventions. […]
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Majority back pill testing amid overdoses and push for change
A February 21 Essential Media poll found majority support for the push, with 57% of Australians supporting a roll-out of pill testing services. Only 13% of those polled opposed the idea. […]
