Josh Macey, once a drug addict who experienced homelessness, was hopeful that the state's second drug summit would consider decriminalisation, as suggested by experts. However, his optimism was shattered when decriminalisation was taken off the table, preventing what could have been a significant step towards easier access to help for those struggling with addiction.
Josh Macey was hoping that after the state’s second ever drug summit this week, NSW might consider what has been called for by experts: decriminalisation.Josh Macey was hoping that after the state’s second ever drug summit this week, NSW might consider what has been called for by experts: decriminalisation.Ex-addict Josh was shattered when, mid-drug summit, decriminalisation was taken off the table.
But as he watched Ryan Park’s response to questions from journalists, he heard the minister rule it out before the summit was even over.‘Clear end goal’ is to fully decriminalise and regulate all drugs, NSW drug summit told – videoMacey says he was shattered when he heard it. “I could have probably fixed my life years and years before I did if what I was doing was not illegal.
“Here we have a golden moment in time that this summit offers, and if we miss it now, we won’t see anything like it for years … drug users will continue to be stigmatised and inappropriately harmed by the blunt instrument of the criminal law.”Associate professor at the University of Sydney and Bardi Aboriginal man Michael Doyle, who was part of an equity panel, told the audience he felt Indigenous perspectives were not properly included in the summit.
“I’ve never had trouble getting drugs, so I don’t see how that could get worse,” he says. “It would see us stop wasting funds on the law side.” “I feel like the best we might get might be a few more injecting centres and maybe pill testing at events, and that would be good,” he says.
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