Australia:
Victoria
Greens
Call
For
Prescription
Heroin,
Safe
Injection
Sites
7/21/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/445/victoria-australia-green-party-prescription-heroin-safe-injection-sites.shtml
The Victoria
Green Party unveiled its new drug
policy platform Monday and is now calling for prescription heroin trials
for long-term addicts and the establishment of safe injection sites like
the one in Sydney. But those were only the most controversial proposals
in a platform heavy on harm reduction measures.
The new platform also calls
for an end to criminal penalties for drug users and notes that the Greens
believe in a regulated framework for currently illegal drugs, but does
not call for outright legalization and would keep penalties for the production,
sale, or trafficking of drugs. The platform also addresses legal
drugs such as alcohol and tobacco and seeks tighter restrictions on them.
The proposals would "minimize
the harm and save lives," said Victoria Greens upper house candidate Colleen
Hartland Monday as she unveiled the platform at a needle exchange facility
in Footscray. "Current approaches are not working, so it is time
to step back from the emotional debate and work to implement programs that
will effectively tackle the problems associated with legal and illegal
drugs," Hartland said.
But for the Greens program
to be implemented, it will have to win support in the state legislative
assembly. Currently, it is controlled by the Australian Labor Party,
and the Greens have no seats.
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Issue #445
-- 7/21/06
Editorial:
Do
We
Really
Want
to
Help
Kids
Find
the
Drug
Dealers?
|
Feature:
Vancouver
Fights
to
Save
Its
Pioneering
Safe
Injection
Site
|
Feature:
What
Would
Jesus
Do?
Religious
Communities
as
Drug
Reform
Allies
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Sentencing:
Bill
to
Study
Habitual
Drug
Offender
Registry
Introduced
in
Maine
|
Europe:
Britain
Goes
After
Medical
Marijuana
Suppliers
|
Australia:
Victoria
Greens
Call
For
Prescription
Heroin,
Safe
Injection
Sites
|
Middle
East:
War
Driving
Iraqis
to
Drugs
|
Canada:
Vancouver
Police
to
Stop
Arresting
Peaceable
Drug
Users,
According
to
New
Draft
Policy
|
Canada:
Nelson,
British
Columbia,
Head
Shop
Busted
for
Marijuana
Sales
|
Harm
Reduction:
Needle
Access
Bills
to
Become
Law
in
Delaware,
Massachusetts
|
Web
Scan:
Cato
on
Paramilitary
Police
Raids,
John
Fugelsang
on
Drug
War
for
Daily
Kos,
Australia
Institute
Drug
Prohibition
Report
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Jobs
and
Internships:
Marijuana
Policy
Project
and
Criminal
Justice
Policy
Foundation
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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