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    3AW | Fiona Patten welcomes government ‘working group’ that will examine ‘defacto’ drug decriminalisation

    Thursday, 10 March 2022

    The Victorian government appears to be considering a trial of drug decriminalisation, despite voting down the legislation put forward by the Reason Party.

    The government will establish a working group to determine the next steps on how to help, rather than jail, people caught with small amounts of illicit drugs.

    Reason Party leader Fiona Patten told Neil Mitchell it wasn’t decriminalisation but it’s a step in the right direction, nonetheless.

    “It is a health issue,” she said.

    “What we are doing at the moment is not working.”

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