SBS | Support grows for Portugal-style plan to decriminalise drug use and possession in Victoria

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Decriminalising drugs in Victoria will help end the state’s “greatest public health policy failure”, a specialised treatment service says.

Reason Party leader Fiona Patten will introduce her decriminalisation bill to the Victorian upper house on Wednesday.

Under the changes, police would issue a mandatory notice and referral of drug education or treatment to those found to have used or possessed an illicit drug.

If a person complies with the notice, there will be no finding of guilt and no criminal record…

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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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