Mark Speakman says he’s spent ‘hundreds of hours’ trying to get cabinet support for reforms from Howard inquiry
But beyond immediately ruling out five recommendations, including pill testing and the abolition of drug dogs, the government has yet to formally respond to the report.
The premier, Dominic Perrottet, has said for months that he is close to releasing a response, but declined to offer concrete timing.drug diversion scheme which would see people caught with small amounts of drugs face $400 penalties rather than be arrestedIn June he said the state’s drug laws were “clearly not working”, and at Monday’s hearing agreed that drug addiction “should be” treated as a health issue.
While the government has made some changes, including increased funding for drug courts, Speakman said he was disappointed there hadn’t been an “overall response”. But he has faced resistance to changes aimed at diversionary policies within his own cabinet, and on Monday said he had spent “hundreds of hours … trying” to make progress on a response.
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