Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Pilot Medically Supervised Injecting Centre) Bill 2017

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Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) introduced a bill for an act to amend the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 to provide for the licensing and operation of a medically supervised injecting centre for a trial period of 18 months.

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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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