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Telegraph exploits man and exposes Australia’s failed and futile drug policy
If Australia had started a quarter century ago reforming its drug laws and carrying out a heroin trial, the bedraggled man in the photograph may well by now have been leading a normal and useful life, looking after his family, working for a living and paying his share of taxes. The exploitation of the man in the Daily Telegraph photo…
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Scott Morrison’s plan to test sewage for drug use ‘might misfire’, say experts
The Penington Institute has warned the government that targeting welfare recipients with drug testing will see an increase in crime and homelessness among Australia’s most vulnerable people. […]
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Centrelink accused of plan to ‘profile’ vulnerable drug users in welfare crackdow
The Federal Government’s plan to drug-test welfare recipients has been slammed by anti-poverty advocates who say it is a discriminatory tool for profiling vulnerable people. […]
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Drug-testing will demonise Australians on welfare, experts say
Welfare advocates say the Coalition’s plan to drug-test welfare recipients undermines the fabric of Australia’s needs-based safety net, while drug experts are warning the trial could have “unintended consequences” on those in the throes of addiction, including driving them into criminality. […]
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Drug Testing The Dole Queue Won’t Help Make It Shorter
Until drug use is truly seen as a health issue and not one to be addressed via punitive measures, the stigma, discrimination, isolation and helplessness will remain. This program will not result in helping people but rather increase their likelihood of moving into a life of crime and homelessness. […]
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Australia slams Philippines president over drug killings
The Turnbull government has denounced Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs that left has thousands dead, declaring Canberra is “deeply concerned” about reports of extrajudicial killings. […]
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Philippines drug war under fire at UN rights council
Countries across the world put the Philippines on notice over its deadly drug war on Monday, demanding an end to extrajudicial killings by President Rodrigo Duterte’s security services. […]
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NZ: The drug war is over. Now it’s time to write the peace treaty
The evidence is overwhelming: our current drug laws aren’t working. As governments worldwide admit defeat in the war on drugs, it’s past time for New Zealand to make drug law reform a priority, writes former MP Laila Harre. […]
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UN expert in PH: Punitive measures worsen drug problem
“Badly thought-out policies,” Agnes Callamard said, not only fail to address the problem of illegal drugs but “compound” them. The “compounded” problems include killings, criminal gangs, breakdown of the rule of law, vigilante crimes, illegal detention of suspects, among others, Callamard said […]
