A group of former premiers, police commissioners and legal advocates have luanched a push for decriminalisation as part of a widespread reform of drug laws. The former Labor premier of NSW, Bob Carr, and the former Liberal Victoria premier, Jeff Kennett, launched the Australia 21 report on Monday, which calls for an end to criminalisation of drug users. “Meanwhile, Australia’s drug problems have grown steadily worse.”Sandy's story: how much longer can he handle the court-prison cycle? This is the third in a series of Australia 21 reports on drug law reform after the first two being released in 2012. According to the Australian Crime Commission, 80,000 drug consumer arrests are made each year.

Source: The Guardian March 19, 2017 22:36 UTC