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NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann said drug reform wasn’t a priority of the Minns government.

‘Early warning sign’ as police shun drug diversion scheme

Just one in 12 people found in possession of a small quantity of drugs have been diverted away from the courts during the first three months of a harm-reduction scheme.

  • Amber Schultz

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NSW Premier Chris Minns will oversee a dramatic shake-up of the state’s drug laws.

Revealed: Government to announce major shake-up of NSW drug laws with ‘two-strike’ scheme

The Herald has confirmed NSW is to announce the most significant shake-up of drug laws in the state’s recent history, expanding pre-court diversion schemes in place for cannabis to include all illicit drugs.

  • Michael McGowan and Max Maddison
Police at the Listen Out festival yesterday.

Suspected festival overdoses heighten focus on NSW drug policies

The Minns government’s approach to pill testing and policing is again in the spotlight after two young men died after going to a music festival at Sydney Olympic Park.

  • Christopher Harris and Michael Koziol
Police looking for illicit drugs at Future Music Festival use Passive Alert Detection (PAD) dogs to scan the 50,000 plus crowd which flocked to Flemington Racecourse . 10th March 2013. Photo by Jason South. Police looking for illicit drugs at Future Music Festival use Passive Alert Detection (PAD) dogs to scan the 50,000 plus crowd which flocked to Flemington Racecourse . 10th March 2013. Photo by Jason South. Created by: Jason South JPS

Waiting for a crisis: Fears as NSW enters festival season without drug reform

NSW Police have confirmed drug detection dogs will be used at festivals as part of a “high-visibility police operation”.

  • Amber Schultz
Premier Chris Minns in question time following the budget on Tuesday.

Minns passed his budget, but did he fail a drug test?

Missing from the fine print in NSW Labor’s Tuesday budget was money for a smaller but equally problematic issue facing Premier Chris Minns.

  • Alexandra Smith
NSW Health have warned unusually strong ecstasy pills are in circulation ahead of the long weekend.

‘Stigmatising and traumatising’: Government’s drug summit omission slammed

The government promised to hold a drug summit once it was elected. Now it faces accusations that it lacks commitment and understanding of the serious issue.

  • Max Maddison
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A car linked to a drug-related shooting

Sydney has a cocaine problem. Is decriminalisation the solution?

Record seizures, expanded police powers and record criminal charges have done nothing to slow down Sydney’s love affair with cocaine.

  • Amber Schultz
Dominic Perrottet arrives for a drug policy announcement.

Perrottet rejects ice inquiry decriminalisation recommendation

Ice inquiry commissioner Professor Dan Howard, SC, said he was disappointed in the government’s unwillingness to decriminalise illicit drug use, arguing it falls short of “where the rest of the world is heading.”

  • Lucy Cormack and Mary Ward
Bob Carr urged Premier Dominic Perrottet to listen to the experts on drug reform.

Former premier, health groups urge Perrottet to implement ice inquiry recommendations

Former Labor premier Bob Carr, whose government established the Kings Cross supervised injecting centre, called on Dominic Perrottet to follow his stead and act on expert advice.

  • Mary Ward and Lucy Cormack
Professor Dan Howard has criticised the NSW government over its inaction on his recommendations from the ice inquiry.

Commissioner who led ice inquiry despairs at total lack of action

Professor Dan Howard says 28 months after he handed down his recommendations, the state government has done almost nothing.

  • Mary Ward

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