Strong community support for non-criminal response to personal drug use
New polling commissioned by Uniting in June 2021 in five key NSW electorates shows the community strongly supports responding to personal use of illegal drugs...
Category: Drug Policy
Opening Statement at the Inquiry into Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021
On 30 July 2021 Bill Bush and Jan Lee gave evidence on behalf of Families and Friends for Drug law Reform to the Select Committee...
Decriminalisation of drug driving laws – an anomaly
written by Adele Stevens Decriminalisation of cannabis use has been occurring in the ACT since the early 1990s. The Simple Cannabis Offence Notice (SCON) was...
Review of approaches taken in Ireland
Review of approaches taken in Ireland and in other jurisdictions to simple possession drug offencesDr Caitlin Hughes, Professor Alex Stevens, Shann Hulme, and Dr Rebecca...
Guidance on writing a submission
This guide is developed specifically for writing a submission to the Inquiry into the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021 presented to the...
AIVL’s Melanie Walker on Coming Drug Decriminalisation and Treatment Access
17/02/2021 BY PAUL GREGOIRE https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/aivls-melanie-walker-on-coming-drug-decriminalisation-and-treatment-access/ ACT Labor MLA Michael Pettersson has yet again set his sights on reforming the Canberra community. This time it’s in the form of just...
A welcome step in fixing failed drug laws
Letter writer MARION McCONNELL says Michael Pettersson’s Bill to decriminalise small amounts of drugs for personal use is a very welcome small step in the right direction....
Tougher laws won’t fix the problem with drugs
“All too often, society has failed to keep drugs from our kids and then turned around and punished the very people the law was intended...
Remove an obstruction to life saving health care
by Bill Bush Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform are preparing for the 25th Remembrance Ceremony for those who lose their lives through failed...
If reducing harm to society is the goal, a cost-benefit analysis shows cannabis prohibition has failed
by Alexander GillespieProfessor of Law, University of Waikato Read the Full Article here The case for a referendum on New Zealand’s cannabis law was already...