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Luke Costin

Carr calls for courage ahead of next drug summit

Former NSW Premier Bob Carr has returned to parliament to take stock of the 1999 NSW Drug Summit. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Bob Carr has reunited with other key players behind a landmark drug summit to urge current leaders to display the same courage for reform shown 24 years ago.

The landmark five-day summit in 1999 changed perceptions of illicit drug use and established the political backing for the creation of the Kings Cross medically supervised injecting centre.

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