‘Even more urgent’:Inaction on ice inquiry costing lives as treatment demand spikes

‘Even more urgent’:Inaction on ice inquiry costing lives as treatment demand spikes

Australia’s peak medical groups have warned that the NSW government’s failure to respond to the state’s ice inquiry will have catastrophic consequences.

  • byLucy Carroll

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‘A disgrace’:Ice inquiry commissioner accuses government of ignoring calls for reform
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‘A disgrace’:Ice inquiry commissioner accuses government of ignoring calls for reform

Professor Dan Howard SC said he was deeply disappointed with the government’s failure to respond to the majority of his recommendations in the wake of the landmark inquiry.

  • byAngus Thompson
'No strategy':Drug possession compromise on the table to end bitter cabinet division

'No strategy':Drug possession compromise on the table to end bitter cabinet division

A three-strike drug possession policy would only apply to young offenders under a compromise position floated by ministers opposed to broader reform to end a cabinet stand-off within the NSW government.

  • byTom Rabe andLucy Cormack
'Postcode justice':councils slam inaction on Indigenous incarceration

'Postcode justice':councils slam inaction on Indigenous incarceration

A Central West civic figure says the lack of action on tackling the underlying drivers of crime was"frankly frightening".

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
We've advised what to do about the ice scourge,so why keep shattered communities waiting?

We've advised what to do about the ice scourge,so why keep shattered communities waiting?

It's time for action,writes the commissioner who presided over the inquiry into the drug ice.

  • byDan Howard
NSW government rejects pill testing,more injecting rooms

NSW government rejects pill testing,more injecting rooms

The Berejiklian government has released the report into its inquiry into the drug ice,and has immediately ruled out five key recommendations.

  • byKate Aubusson andAlexandra Smith
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Growing push for Sydney's second medically supervised injecting room
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Growing push for Sydney's second medically supervised injecting room

Criminologists are urging the Berejiklian government to establish another safe injecting room as data shows an increase in overdose deaths in western Sydney.

  • byAlexandra Smith
'No excuse':Doctors urge immediate release of ice inquiry report

'No excuse':Doctors urge immediate release of ice inquiry report

Doctors are demanding the Berejiklian government urgently release the findings of the special commission of inquiry into the dangerous drug.

  • byKate Aubusson
Greens to introduce bill to decriminalise illicit drug use in NSW

Greens to introduce bill to decriminalise illicit drug use in NSW

As the NSW government considers the recommendations of a report into ice and other illicit drugs,the Greens have flagged a bill to decriminalise drug use.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Desolation and despair on the front line of drug abuse
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Desolation and despair on the front line of drug abuse

It's too late to'just say no'. We must treat addiction as a health problem,not a crime.

  • byEmma Maiden
'Legalise,regulate,control and tax':former DPP urges drug overhaul
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'Legalise,regulate,control and tax':former DPP urges drug overhaul

Decriminalisation of the use and possession of illicit drugs should be a"first step"towards legalisation,the state's former top prosecutor says.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn