FICTION: The Greens want to legalise all drugs
FACT: The Greens do not support the legalisation of currently illegal drugs. The Greens believe a harm-minimisation approach is the best way to reduce the negative effects of drug use. The Greens support continuing criminal penalties for drug dealers.
Dr Richard di Natale (Greens lead Senate candidate in Victoria) has talks about the harm minimisation approaches to addiction, and why evidence-based policies is the best way to reduce harm to addicts and the public, and ensure access to treatment for people experiencing addiction.
KEY POINTS:
- Drug addiction is a health issue: it should be treated as such.
- Harm minimisation is the most effective way to deal with drug addiction. That's why the Greens, along with Liberal and Labor, support it.
- The real villains in the drug debate are drug dealers, not drug users. That's why the Greens support criminal penalties for dealers.
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