Jakarta, shesocial Indonesia
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State in
Australia
, Queensland, banning testing drugs for recreational purposes because it is considered to be life.
Queensland parliament passed a law that effectively banned testing pills in the region on Thursday (18/9) night.The law is reported to be ratified today, Friday.
Minister of Health Queensland Team Nicholls This step strengthens the policy without tolerance, Head of Minister David Crisafulli on illegal drugs.
“The government’s policy position they took in the election is that there is no safe way to consume drugs and that drug examination services can send wrong messages to Queensland residents,” Nicholls said, quoted
ABC Australia
.
Nicholls also emphasized that Queensland would no longer fund testing drugs for recreational purposes.
At present, based on the Drug and Poison Law, the Head of the Queensland Health Executive is responsible for granting a substance permit for the purpose of examining drugs.
Responding to the response of the Queensland administration, the Head of the Executive of the Non-profit Institute for Testing the Medicine for The Loop Australia, Cameron Francis, said he was disappointed and sad with the decision.
“Without services such as pill testing, we don’t know what is circulating until it’s too late,” Francis said, quoted
Channel Newsasia
.
Loop has carried out trials for a year with funds from the Queensland government and has tested 1,200 drugs involving users.
From the sample, one in seven drugs was discarded after being tested, while one in three people was referred to other health services.
Furthermore, Francis said the Australian drug market was increasingly dangerous after the use of drugs to reduce synthetic opioid pain such as fentanil increased.
According to government data, around 18 percent or 3.9 million Australians aged 14 years and over using illegal drugs.
Still referring to the data, Queensland ranks third related to the use of illaicit drugs.The survey also showed one in five people in the region using drugs within one year.
(Jesus/BAC)
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