Opinion

OPINION | Radical change needed in drug policy

By Ray Goodlass
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:42am, first published November 18 2019 - 7:00pm
RETHINK: It's time to introduce pill testing, abandon the use of sniffer dogs and decriminalise personal drug use.
RETHINK: It's time to introduce pill testing, abandon the use of sniffer dogs and decriminalise personal drug use.

In closing the inquest into six MDMA-related deaths of people aged 18 to 23 at NSW music festivals, deputy state coroner Harriet Grahame recommended pill testing be conducted at NSW festivals, as well as the decriminalisation of personal drug use and the scrapping of sniffer dogs. This, thankfully, is a much-needed call for a radical change in drug policy.

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