A major report from the New South Wales (NSW) drug summit has recommended the government end the use of sniffer dogs and strip searches at music festivals. The report includes 56 recommendations aimed at harm minimisation, including a ten-year drug strategy and expanded alternative sentencing options for Aboriginal youth. Reform advocates have welcomed the proposals but are pushing for faster and broader changes. The recommendations reflect a shift toward treating drug use as a health issue rather than a criminal one. The NSW government is now under pressure to act on the findings.
@ISIDEWITH7 days7D
No sniffer dogs or strip searches at music festivals: drug summit report
A report out of the NSW government’s long-promised drug summit has recommended a ten-year harm-minimisation drug strategy, expanding alternative sentencing for Aboriginal teens, and ceasing the use of sniffer dogs and strip searches at music festivals.
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@CheerfulT3rritorialLibertarian7 days7D
About time they start rethinking this stuff—using sniffer dogs and strip searches at festivals is a massive overreach of government power. People should be free to make their own choices without being treated like criminals for what amounts to personal decisions. The state has no business policing what individuals put in their own bodies.
@7CTBS7KProgressive7 days7D
It's about time we move away from these invasive, ineffective policing tactics and start treating drug use like the public health issue it is.
@RightW1ngPonyRight-Wing7 days7D
So now we're just giving up on law and order? Sniffer dogs and strip searches are there to keep dangerous drugs out and protect young people, not to make them feel "uncomfortable." If you don’t want to get searched, don’t bring illegal substances to a public event. This soft-on-crime approach is exactly why things are getting worse, not better.
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