ABC Radio Melbourne | Mornings with Virginia Trioli 18/2/22

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Reason Party leader Fiona Patten will introduce legislation in the state Parliament next week to decriminalise all drugs in Victoria.

Under the bill, Victoria police would instead issue mandatory referrals to drug education programmes and treatment centres. She spoke with Virginia Trioli about the proposal.

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Fiona Patten is the founder and leader of the Reason Party and a Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Northern Metropolitan region. She came to politics after 20 years of lobbying for the rights of organisations involved in the sexual rights movement – including small businesses, sex workers, HIV/AIDS organisations, adult media and online anti-censorship groups. Before that she was an established independent fashion designer with her own label called Body Politics.

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