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NEWS: News.com.au - 29/10/07 'Brown pushes drugs harm minimisation'

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Brown pushes drugs harm minimisation
October 29, 2007 09:08am

AUSTRALIAN Greens Leader Bob Brown has defended his party's stance on illegal drugs, saying a harm-minimisation approach makes more sense than punishing drug users.

The Greens have been criticised by their political opponents for being too soft on drugs.

Speaking on ABC television yesterday, Family First Senator Steve Fielding said: "It is absolutely outrageous to think that Kevin Rudd would want to preference the Greens, knowing their stance on drugs, free injecting rooms in streets, free heroin.

"Whether there was a deal or not you've got to ask the question why would Labor want to see the Greens holding the balance of power in Australia?

"Most people would think that was absolutely strange that Labor is saying that they're for families, for small business, and want the Greens to hold the balance of power in Australia. That's jumping out of the frying pan into the fire."

But Senator Brown said his party's harm-minimisation approach is based on the best medical expertise across Australia.

"I hate the scourge of drugs but we have to try to get people who are addicted out of that addiction and back into Australian society," he told ABC radio.

Senator Brown said the stance of Family First and the Coalition on drugs is too tough to be effective.

"The problem is that (Family First senator) Steve Fielding and some of the people in the Government are somewhere back in last century with policies which would make the problem a great deal worse in Australia," he said.

"The nastiness of the fundamentalist view-points from the right which wants to punish such people, would add enormously to the cost of Australia and is simply not going to suppress a huge problem which needs to be dealt with through sensible medical, educational and, where there's drug dealing involved, prison outcomes."

News.com.au
 
I believe this was just Fielding trying to deflect attention from their candidate who embarassed himself in a gay porn scandal. Given the expectation in some circles that we're headed for another heroin epidemic, I'd hardly call more injecting rooms a radical idea.
 
lol, what gay porn scandal?

I reckon if North NSW and SE QLD had injecting rooms, like they were supposed to but got rejected by the counsellors. little kids wouldnt be stepping on needles every few months and ending up on the front page of the papers. Seeing used needles in these regions is hardly uncommon. Especially brisbane and gold coast. I can only count the times I've been going to a rave or club in The Valley and in *that* carpark I didn't see needles, swabs, empty wet baggies with cotton (least theyre filtering I guess), injection vials..... not the times I DID see...

A 24/7 injection room in surfers and brisbane would be a great idea. Who cares if theres a bit of selling going on around there. Better there than at your daughters favourate park, where someone will shoot stuff up straight after getting it and then throw the needle in the sand pit or the grass.


Does St Kilda have one or just NSPs?
 
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lol, what gay porn scandal?

Porn scandal rocks Family First
FAMILY First is reeling over a pornography scandal involving one of its Victorian election candidates.


Andrew Quah was disendorsed as a candidate and expelled from Victorian Senator Steve Fielding's pro-family party yesterday after the Sunday Herald Sun uncovered his indiscretions.

Mr Quah, 22, had earlier admitted to posing for two images, one partly undressed and the other clutching his private parts, attached to an email circulating across the country.

He said he could not rule out being responsible for producing a third image attached to the email featuring graphic shots of a man's genitalia.

Admission, but set-up claims

Mr Quah yesterday said he did not create the email nor had he written the text in it.

He believed he had been set up by political opponents.

But Mr Quah admitted to downloading porn on the web as recently as two weeks ago.

The sleaze scandal is a big blow for Family First, whose key platforms include tackling internet pornography.

On Friday, Mr Quah said: "The first two (images) are definitely from me and the third one might have been from me."

He added: "Yes, I've downloaded pornography, maybe a couple of weeks ago."

From here
 
theres alot more to nsp's and running them then you would think in a perfect worl where everybody loved everybody it would work and does work when you have a good team to run them,

i wonder if you could petition for a vending machine there 24hrs and cheap!!
 
I dont understand why there isnt vending machines at every hospital or NSP when its closed. Although I have seen someone smash one to get fits before.
 
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