drugs

• Disadvantaged & vulnerable Tasmanians need support - not prosecution – in health crisis

  2nd Apr 2020

  A moratorium on drug offences and help for the homeless are needed to keep all Tasmanians safe during this public health emergency, according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

• Specialist drug court legislation welcomed

  18th Mar 2020

  Legislation introduced in the Victorian parliament today to expand the Drug Court, which has been running from Dandenong and Melbourne magistrates courts, to Shepparton, Ballarat and the County Court has been welcomed by the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

• Cannabis bans are ignored — so ditch the law and save money

  14th Nov 2019

  Greg Barns welcomes the ACT government decriminalising cannabis possession, and calls for cannabis law reform across Australia.

• Deputy State Coroner recommendations re personal drug use will save lives

  8th Nov 2019

  The number of people harmed or killed by drug use will be reduced if the Deputy State Coroner’s recommendations regarding personal drug use are implemented, and governments around Australia, not just NSW, must revamp drug laws to save lives says the Australian Lawyers Alliance.

• Pill testing: lawyers commend Hobart Council and call on state government to reconsider its position

  23rd Jul 2019

  The Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) today commended Hobart City Council’s decision to endorse pill testing at festivals.

• Drug driving laws are unfair and not supported by science, say lawyers

  24th May 2019

  Current drug driving testing laws are not supported by science and are not fair to drivers who can lose their license with no evidence of impaired driving.

• Lawyers call on TAS Government to support pill-testing: current policies are failing

  6th Feb 2019

  Politicians need to take advice from health professionals, not police, on the question of pill testing, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today following reservations expressed by Health Minister Michael Ferguson.

• Lawyers call on NSW Government to support pill-testing: current policies are failing

  23rd Jan 2019

  Criminal and law enforcement responses to the use of illicit drugs at music festivals are failing, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today in a letter sent to the NSW Premier calling for the implementation of pill testing trials.

• Lawyers support TAS Greens’ pill testing Bill

  22nd Nov 2018

  The ALA has given its support to the Tasmanian Greens’ Misuse of Drugs Amendment (Drug Analysis) Bill 2018 being tabled today.

• Why your non-dental cavities may be of interest to the authorities

  27th Sep 2018

  In the event that new legislation permitting searches for internally concealed drugs is passed in NSW, criminal lawyers and their clients will have to adjust to a changing legal landscape very quickly.