The Take Control campaign for safer, saner drug laws has welcomed calls from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and St Vincent’s Health for the NSW Government to release the Ice Commission’s findings in full and respond urgently.
Mick Palmer, former police commissioner and spokesperson for Take Control said: “It surely cannot be acceptable to us as a caring and decent community, that a government declines to share the findings and recommendations of a report it commissioned simply because they are difficult or not what it wanted to hear. The evidence, quite simply is the evidence.
“From the health profession to treatment experts to advocates and families, it’s clear that Australia is waiting to see the evidence from the inquiry. They deserve to see it in full.
“This issue is too important to allow ideology to get in the way of rationality. Too many young lives are being lost or ruined under our present policy.”
Matt Noffs, CEO of the Ted Noffs Foundation said: “There is no reason to delay any release. The Premier said she wanted to see evidence and this is the inquiry established by her own government.
“Harm from drug use is happening right now. The current approach of punishment over treatment has been failing for decades – every day of delay means more suffering for young people who just need help.”
