Our current drug driving laws have failed to improve road safety and unfairly discriminate against thousands of people by imposing a grossly disproportionate punishment regime against individuals and impeding broader public health outcomes. Patients should not have to choose between medicine or mobility.
This report provides an overview of recent data provided to the Legislative Council by the Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism in New South Wales on 10 September 2024, with regards to roadside drug tests conducted over the last 5 years (by Local Area Command), number of positives by drug type and whether there has been […]
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Imagine having to choose between taking your legally prescribed medication and going to work,doing the school run or getting the shopping that week. Yes, week. This is the stark reality for many Australian medicinal cannabis patients because of the discriminatory drug-driving laws that still exist in most states. Current laws penalise the mere presence of […]
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