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Hot Topics 29: Drugs (October 2000)

Introduction

History of Drug Law in Australia

Points For Debate - Overview Of Drug Law History - Some Significant Dates For Drug Law In Australia.

Drug Law Today

Acts Applicable In NSW - The Structure Of The DMTA - The Nature Of The DMTA - Div 2 Offences - Other Drug Legislation In NSW - Importation - The Customs Act 1901 (Cth).

The Effects of Drug Law Enforcement

Points For Debate - The Problem Of Assessing Drug Policy And The Law - Some Specific Direct Harms - The Effects Of Enforcing The Law Against The Drug User - Some Factors In Favour Of Dle On Demand Side - The Effects Of Enforcing The Law Against The Drug Supplier - Facts And Figures On Drug Use And The Law.

Applying the Law - Sentencing Options

The Drug Court In New South Wales - Criticisms Of The Drug Court Initiative - Sentencing Options In 'Ordinary' Courts Of Criminal Jurisdiction - Sentencing Principles - The Cases Rank Various Drugs In Order Of Seriousness - Rehabilitation.

Treatment and the law

Diversionary Schemes - The Main Treatment And Harm Minimisation Options.

Recent Drug Policy Initiatives

Cannabis And The Law: Removing Criminal Sanctions - Safe Injecting Rooms - Other Modifications.

Further Reading & Contacts

This is the twenty-ninth in the series Hot Topics: burning legal issues in plain language, which highlights contemporary legal issues in NSW, published by the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC).

Hot Topic No. 29: Drugs has been compiled by the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC).

Author: Lynn Milne

Editor: Cathy Hammer

Acknowledgement: The publisher would like to thank Associate Professor David Dixon, School of Law, University of New South Wales, for reading and commenting on the material.

State Library of NSW
Cataloguing-in-publication data

Drugs: current debates in the law in NSW/ Legal Information Access Centre.

Hot Topics, ISSN 1322-4301; No. 29
1. Narcotics laws – New South Wales.
2. Drug courts – New South Wales
3. Narcotics, Control of – New South Wales
I. Legal Information Access Centre.
II. Milne, Lynn.
III. Hammer, Cathy.

(Series: Hot Topics (Sydney, N.S.W.) no. 35)

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