SixBuckets
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Hi all,
The National Ice Taskforce has extended their submission deadline until 25th May. The submission page is four questions with a short text box for your answer - easy as! You can give an individual submission here: http://www.dpmc.gov.au/taskforces/national-ice-taskforce
These are the stated goals of the consultation:
“The Commonwealth Government is working with States and Territories to develop a National Ice Action Strategy to tackle the growing use of crystal methamphetamine, known as ‘ice’.
To develop this Strategy, a National Ice Taskforce has been established in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and will be led by former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Ken Lay APM. Additional Taskforce members are Professor Richard Murray and Dr Sally McCarthy. An interim report will be provided to the Council of Australian Governments in mid-2015 and the final Strategy will be released before the end of 2015.
The Taskforce and its secretariat will work closely with government agencies, expert groups and the community to examine existing efforts to address ice, and to identify opportunities to improve education, health, law enforcement and other policies to combat the impact of ice in the community.”
I’ve been following @IceTaskforce on Twitter, which is the official account for the taskforce, and they’ve been tweeting about the current community consultation in the Kimberley. I’ve actually been surprised by how reasonable and non-sensationalist they’re being in their social media reporting: they’re conveying community reports that ice isn’t a big deal in that region, and that people think the best way to tackle it is to provide preventative and health support services.
Knowing that, I think it might actually be worth people putting in an individual submission advocating that the resources dedicated for the Strategy outcomes should go into harm reduction initiatives, rather than policing and increased criminalisation. My suggestions for your submission include:
- support and discussion services (esp peer support, stimulant-specific phone counselling services and non-abolitionist group support models such as SMART recovery)
- health services
- detox and rehab
- pharmacotherapy trials, evaluation and replication, with the aim of finding a successful replacement pharamcotherapy for methamphetamine users who want to reduce or eliminate substance use
- amending legislation governing NSPs so they can supply harm reduction materials like pipes and foil to stimulant users who don’t want to inject.
Alternately, you can simply use the heading “Ice Epidemic” and underneath it write “This is not even a thing.”
The National Ice Taskforce has extended their submission deadline until 25th May. The submission page is four questions with a short text box for your answer - easy as! You can give an individual submission here: http://www.dpmc.gov.au/taskforces/national-ice-taskforce
These are the stated goals of the consultation:
“The Commonwealth Government is working with States and Territories to develop a National Ice Action Strategy to tackle the growing use of crystal methamphetamine, known as ‘ice’.
To develop this Strategy, a National Ice Taskforce has been established in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and will be led by former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Ken Lay APM. Additional Taskforce members are Professor Richard Murray and Dr Sally McCarthy. An interim report will be provided to the Council of Australian Governments in mid-2015 and the final Strategy will be released before the end of 2015.
The Taskforce and its secretariat will work closely with government agencies, expert groups and the community to examine existing efforts to address ice, and to identify opportunities to improve education, health, law enforcement and other policies to combat the impact of ice in the community.”
I’ve been following @IceTaskforce on Twitter, which is the official account for the taskforce, and they’ve been tweeting about the current community consultation in the Kimberley. I’ve actually been surprised by how reasonable and non-sensationalist they’re being in their social media reporting: they’re conveying community reports that ice isn’t a big deal in that region, and that people think the best way to tackle it is to provide preventative and health support services.
Knowing that, I think it might actually be worth people putting in an individual submission advocating that the resources dedicated for the Strategy outcomes should go into harm reduction initiatives, rather than policing and increased criminalisation. My suggestions for your submission include:
- support and discussion services (esp peer support, stimulant-specific phone counselling services and non-abolitionist group support models such as SMART recovery)
- health services
- detox and rehab
- pharmacotherapy trials, evaluation and replication, with the aim of finding a successful replacement pharamcotherapy for methamphetamine users who want to reduce or eliminate substance use
- amending legislation governing NSPs so they can supply harm reduction materials like pipes and foil to stimulant users who don’t want to inject.
Alternately, you can simply use the heading “Ice Epidemic” and underneath it write “This is not even a thing.”
but I'm sure others have some more diplomatic input which might be useful.