13 Dec 2018

Synthetic drug reform

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 13 December 2018

The Government has announced those who supply and make synthetic drugs face life in prison, with the most common compounds found in synthetics being reclassified as Class A. 

The changes announced today focus on a health approach for the users of the drugs though, instructing police to consider treatment instead of prosecution. We discuss the changes with Ross Bell from the Drug Foundation.

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