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Your Guide to New South Wales Methamphetamine (“Ice”) Laws

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Crystal methamphetamine (“meth” or “ice) remains a popular recreational drug in Australia amongst a small but persistent group of users. According to the latest national statistics just under 6% of Australians have used methamphetamine in their lifetime and 1.3% have...

Your Guide to New South Wales Heroin Laws

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The use of heroin in Australia peaked in the late 1980s and early 1990s, however there are  small but persistent group of users, often from marginalised backgrounds. According to the latest national statistics just over 1% of Australians have used...

Your Guide to New South Wales Cocaine Laws

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Cocaine use is on the rise in Australia with the latest national statistics finding 11% of Australians have used cocaine in their lifetime and 4% have used in the past 12 months. Here’s a summary of the laws, penalties and...

Shoebridge’s National Legalise Cannabis Bill Covers All Grassroots Wants and Concerns

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After Australia legalised medicinal cannabis nationwide in October 2016, people who use the plant recreationally have been hesitant of political initiatives to legalise it, even though the lawful use of the fairly innocuous herb is the outcome they desire. And that’s with...

Faehrmann Calls for Regulated Legal Cocaine in NSW, in the Wake of a Spate of Shootings

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Released in June, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime World Drug Report 2023 outlines that the Australian use of the illegal drug cocaine is per capita the highest in the world, whilst Sydney has long been known as this nation’s capital of...

Minns Needs to End the NSW War on People Who Use Drugs, as Have the ACT Labor-Greens

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The onset of ongoing extreme weather events locally, the shutdown of the entire community due to the outbreak of a deadly virus, rent and mortgage prices skyrocketing and a general cost-of-living crisis have not served to dampen the fervour of...

NSW Should Regulate Adult Cannabis Use Immediately, Then Enact a Legalised Market

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Cannabis is being legalised the world over. And the reports coming out of those jurisdictions where the plant has been legalised in one form or another speak of nothing but positive results, whether that be in terms of public wellbeing,...

Proposed New Laws Would Make It Legal to Possess and Grow Cannabis at Home

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Sparking up a reefer in the privacy of your own living room has been legal in Canberra since 31 January 2020. And residents of the Australian Capital Territory have been able to grow their own cannabis plants lawfully at home as well,...

Criminal Offences Relating to Drug Precursors

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Most people are familiar with the various criminal laws applying to the possession, importation and supply of illicit drugs, however less known is that laws also apply to drug ‘precursors’ or chemicals that can be used to manufacture illicit drugs....

The Time Is Ripe for Drug Law Reform in New South Wales

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NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann hit the opening of the 58th NSW parliament running, as she moved four notices of motion on its second day indicating soon-to-be-tabled bills on key drug law reforms: pill testing, cannabis legalisation, a medical cannabis driving defence and decriminalisation....
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