Labor's policy on illicit drugs

[Alistero]

E-mail Reply I got from Mark Lathems website about Labor's drug policy.

Hope this is useful

 

Labor will develop and implement a comprehensive framework of strategies to

address the diverse problems cause by illicit drugs. These strategies will

include:

 

developing and implementing comprehensive community and education strategies

targeted to those most in need of information. These groups include the

young, families, migrants, refugees and indigenous Australians and the

strategies should be designed to encourage drug free lifestyles;

additional funding for treatment, primary health care, rehabilitation and

diversion services run by government and non-government agencies;

support for harm prevention and harm minimisation strategies to prevent the

onset of drug use and also deal with drug abuse in co-operation with State,

Territory and Local governments, including targeted advertising and public

education campaigns, strengthened treatment for services and clean needle

and needle exchange programs; research based trials of alternative pathways

to treat and manage drug dependence; specialised early intervention support

services, including counselling and social support, for families and friends

of problematic drug users; culturally appropriate services for young people,

indigenous Australians and migrants. These services to work with mainstream

drug and alcohol services; support for consultation with service users and

peak professional bodies in alcohol and drug service planning and delivery;

support for community self-help organisations and recognition of the role

they play in community support and the reintegration of service users back

into the community; and provision of advocacy services for treatment

recipients of drug and alcohol services

 

Regards

Zoe

 

ALP Campaign Information Unit

Please check the ALP Website for policies www.ALP.org.au

[charbono]

face it, if you want to get rid of prohibition you will have to vote GREEN.

[Luke Skywalker]

That would appear to be one of the few parties out there with a serious questioning attitude to the "war on drugs"... Even labor just throws out gobbledegook at ya....

 

AFAIK, the Labor caucus decides policy, and if enough of them are influenced to thinking the "right" way about this, then we could see some change. The idea of a Green balance of power is delicious though, isn't it...

 

I'll be voting Green, for prohibition and other policies, but I'd like to see the major parties having their individual members petitioned about this subject. Wonder how many of them have smoked, do smoke now or know someone who does?

 

Ahh, I'll stop now.

[Alistero]

acually i read somewhere that when the cannabis control bill 2003 was being debated, 2 admited smoking on a regular basis that from around 170.

[WantDaChronic]

heres my version of that email....

 

nothing is going to change so fuck u druggo....

 

im voting green

[charbono]

Just found this on roymorgan.com.au:

 

Premier Bob Carr indicated that NSW will allow the "compassionate use" of cannabis for patients who did not respond to conventional pain relief drugs, but stated it was not a move to legalise marijuana. A two-year trial would allow people with chronic pain to grow up to five marijuana plants without fear of prosecution. The Opposition Leader, Mrs Kerry Chikarovski, was concerned with the "much understated" side-effects of cannabis while the National Party Leader, Mr Souris, said Mr Carr was "off on his next drug liberalisation adventure".

[Chev]

GREEN people!!