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Luke Costin

Drug stigma laid bare in frank talk behind closed doors

Cabinet ministers and police chiefs have had frank discussions behind closed doors at a drug summit. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Senior police and politicians have heard home truths about drugs at a long-awaited summit that advocates hope will deliver health-focused reforms after earlier inquiries failed to deliver meaningful change.

But there appears to be little appetite within government for any major policy shift after the long-promised NSW Drug Summit, which has begun in the regional city of Griffith ahead of sessions in Lismore and Sydney.

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