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Unharm’s Campaign for Cannabis Decriminalisation

The ACT’s partial decriminalisation of drug use should be regarded as just one step towards getting this important reform right.

8.12.2022by Sam Kidd
Posted in Movement news, Opinion piecesTagged drug policy, first nations justice
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ACT decriminalisation

The ACT’s partial decriminalisation of drug use should be regarded as just one step towards getting this important reform right.

21.10.2022by Will Tregoning
Posted in Movement news, Opinion piecesTagged drug policy, first nations justice
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My experiences prove drug prohibition is not only unfair, but ineffective 

Angela’s experiences prove that drug prohibition doesn’t make sense. This is what she wants Australia’s politicians to know about drugs, and the people who take them.

2.6.2022by Will Tregoning
Posted in Opinion pieces, StoryLab, UncategorizedTagged drug policy, medical cannabis, prohibition, StoryLab
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I’m nervous about methamphetamine. Here’s why

Should methamphetamine be legalised and regulated the same as other drugs? Here’s what one mental health professional thinks.

8.2.2022by Sam Murray
Posted in Drug use, Opinion piecesTagged drug use, methamphetamine
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Let’s be honest – most of us have used drugs, including me

Catharine Lumby shares her honest experiences with drugs and urges us all to do the same.

1.11.2021by Catharine Lumby
Posted in Opinion piecesTagged Catharine Lumby, Let's be honest
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If the ACT is going to decriminalise drugs, it should do it properly

We don’t fine people for alcohol consumption. Why should other drug use be any different?

2.8.2021by Will Tregoning
Posted in Opinion pieces
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Berejiklian government’s response to ice inquiry close to contempt

6.5.2021by Will Tregoning
Posted in Drug policy news, Opinion pieces
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‘There is no stereotype’: I became an ice addict at the age of 63

Unharm director Mark Hancock shares his experience with corporate Australia, the NSW government and methamphetamine.

5.3.2021by Mark Hancock
Posted in Opinion piecesTagged addiction, ice
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Politicians must find their nerve on sensible drug reform in Australia – not give in to moral panic

Reports the NSW government was considering removing penalties for personal drug use were met with the usual backlash.

4.12.2020by Will Tregoning
Posted in Opinion piecesTagged moral panic, new conversation
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Abolish ‘deemed supply’!

Deemed supply provisions conflict with core principles of Australian criminal law. Here’s why.

12.8.2015by Will Tregoning
Posted in Law enforcement, Opinion piecesTagged drug policy
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