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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Lucy Bladen

ACT to decriminalise small amounts of cocaine, ice, heroin and ecstasy

Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith has delivered the government's response to a bill proposing the decriminalisation of small amounts of illicit drugs. Picture: Keegan Carroll

The ACT government will move ahead with reforms to decriminalise small amounts of illicit drugs, including ice, cocaine and heroin, with Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith saying it was the "next logical step" in the government's drug harm minimisation agenda.

Ms Stephen-Smith told the Assembly that a proposed bill from Labor backbencher Michael Pettersson represented a "coherent policy response to the ACT government's policy aim of harm minimisation".

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