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Shane Rattenbury wants pill-testing trialled somewhere other than music festivals
ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury has urged his cabinet colleagues to look at other places pill testing could take place, after the Spilt Milk music festival pulled out of an Australian-first trial. […]
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What goes on inside a medically supervised injection facility?
A medically-supervised injecting centre is a physical space where it’s legal for people who inject drugs to come with pre-obtained substances and inject themselves. The key point is that rather than just being supplied with clean injecting equipment and then sent away to inject elsewhere, people are also provided with a…
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What Exactly Happened With Aussie Fest Spilt Milk’s Failed Pill Testing Trial?
While it’s a debate that will surely continue for a long time from both sides of the fence, Dr Caldicott’s final point is probably a good summation of the youth vote on the issue, referring to the politicians he believes blocked the trial at this point. “This is a brilliant way of…
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Controversial drug trial for welfare recipients to be postponed
The trial was to have applied to new welfare recipients from January 1, 2018, but Social Services Minister Christian Porter on Wednesday indicated he was prepared to excise the trial from omnibus welfare legislation so other measures could be approved by Parliament before the end of the year. […]
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UK: Durham Police to Stop Prosecuting Low Level Dealers
The controversial plan, coming into effect next month, implies the Durham police will stop prosecuting small dealers, who usually face a minimum of 18 months in prison. Instead they must agree to join a four-month Checkpoint programme that aims to tackle the underlying problems of drug use, such as financial or…
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Philippine court begins hearing arguments in petition against drugs war
In a petition filed last month, lawyers from the Free Legal Assistance Group argued the anti-drug campaign is unconstitutional because it allows police to kill suspects in the guise of “neutralising” them during raids and sting operations. […]
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Victoria: Eastern Access Community Health head queries need for injecting rooms in Maroondah
The head of Eastern Access Community Health has expressed support for supervised injecting rooms, but has stopped short of calling for them to be rolled out in Maroondah. […]
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Trudeau Plays Trump Foil Again With Critique of Duterte
Trudeau said after a closed-door meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte Tuesday in Manila that he raised concerns about extrajudicial killings and other alleged abuse associated with the Philippines’ drug war. The exchange came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump sidestepped the issue in his own talks with Duterte on…
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NZ PM – Drug-related killings ‘certainly require investigation’
Ms Ardern said she would urge Mr Duterte to carry out an enquiry into the high numbers of death. “There’ve been various attempts for there to be oversight into some of the executions that have occurred. Our view is that number of deaths certainly requires investigation and oversight, at the…
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Why ‘Just Say No’ To Drugs Will Never Work
As much as many of us would like to see it become a reality, there will never be a drug-free world. People who use illicit drugs do so for a multitude of complex reasons that appear immune to political interventions and ‘just say no’ slogans. Only by accepting drug use as…