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...
Category: Drug Policy
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...
End the War on Drugs for Good | Christina Dent | TEDxJackson
In this heartfelt and thoughtful talk, Christina shares her ideas about the destructive impact of the war on drugs and the mounting evidence that the...
“Modern-day leper”: How drug policy is isolating Canberrans from help
“If former Chief Minister Kate Carnell had been allowed to finish her proposed six-month trial of a safe-injecting room in Canberra, there would be no...
Decriminalise Drugs
The release of wastewater data revealing an overall increase in drug use shows the government’s illicit drug policies, based on law enforcement and dedicated to...
EMERGENCY ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC
COVID-19 demands action and provides the opportunity to get the most disadvantaged and needy out of prisons. FFDLR CALLS FOR 1.The establishment of clinics in...
Enforcement of Drug laws – Refocusing on organised crime elites
In this first report of the decade, the Global Commission on Drug Policy outlines how the current international drug control regime works for the benefit...
Coronavirus threat highlights the need for prison reform
Letter published in the Canberra Times on 26 March 2020 The corona virus emergency underlines the public health threat of the crowded ACT prison overflowing...
UNSW academics say government response to Ice inquiry ‘disappointing’
Read the full story here by DIANE NAZAROFF AND EMI BERRY The NSW government has already ruled out five recommendations from the Ice inquiry, including...