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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

NSW Labor ignores own drugs summit advice by keeping sniffer dogs and strip-searches at festivals

NSW police officers and drug detection dogs at a music festival.
Police officers and a drug detection dogs at a music festival. The state government has ignored recommendations to ditch sniffer dogs and strip-searches. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

The New South Wales government has “squibbed” the opportunity for major drug reform, advocates say, after Labor announced it would ignore some recommendations of a landmark report it commissioned.

The government on Tuesday said it would continue using sniffer dogs and strip-searches at music festivals despite evidence that such high-visibility tactics increase rather than decrease the risks associated with illicit drug use.

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