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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Peter Brewer

'It carries a terrible penalty': the untested element to ACT's new drug laws

ACT Policing will ramp up roadside drug testing and will have its territory targeting team patrolling Civic and Braddon throughout Saturday night and into Sunday morning as the ACT experiences its landmark first 24 hours under new drug decriminalisation laws.

The controversial new Drugs of Dependence Amendment (Personal Possession) legislation, the first of its kind to be introduced in the country, reduces the penalty for the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs in the ACT.

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