Jennie Ross-King is launching a campaign with a powerful video urging parents to 'have a conversation with your kids that accepts reality' regarding the possibility they are using drugs | AngusGthompson
Former Australian Federal Police commissioner Mick Palmer is a spokesman for the campaign.
"Lots of parents have contacted me, both people through Facebook and family friends, and have just said, 'I’m scared, I’ve seen this happen to you'." He said there was a danger the wording was too easily misinterpreted as giving a "green light" to drug use and drew attention away from the focus of it being a last-ditch medical intervention.
But the former policeman, who is set to tour Rotary clubs in an effort to reach the "unconverted" about harm minimisation tactics, said it was time to reassess the language around pill testing in a bid to "take away the fear" from everyday Australians.
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