The damage to stores that happens with no consequences— 1338 Mr HUGHES: When you say drugs are rife, every now and then the issue of ice comes up and we're told that it hasn't penetrated the communities, certainly not to any degree, so are we referring to cannabis, or what drugs are we referring to?

There are some vexatious issues about whether or not cannabis use increases crash risk. ...

They also turn to alcohol and also cannabis, and this is both medicinal cannabis but also illicit cannabis as well, which is quite rife in this population.

Evaluation of the Cannabis Expiation Notice System A final report, Cannabis the expiation notice approach, was published on research into April 1987 amendments to the Controlled Sub- stances Act.

Another potential shortcoming was the expiation of adult cannabis offenders so it is likely that chronic cannabis users are not being provided with an opportunity to access treatment.

Cannabis Heroin Opiates (ex.

At the moment, we have expiation notices obviously for cannabis, for shop theft and for traffic.

Although the random roadside testing program tests for the presence of three drugs (cannabis or THC; “speed” or methylamphetamine; “ecstasy” or MDMA), drivers detected committing driving offences are able to be tested for a much wider range of drugs.

The Australian Illicit Drug Report 2001 – 2002 indicates that the potency of Australia’s cannabis (derived from marijuana), and amphetamine–type stimulants has increased in recent years.7 The Committee was told that in people with a pre-existing vulnerability, amphetamine use and long-term heavy marijuana use may both trigger drug induced psychosis, involving symptoms similar to those seen in paranoid schizophrenia.

The damage to stores that happens with no consequences— 1338 Mr HUGHES: When you say drugs are rife, every now and then the issue of ice comes up and we're told that it hasn't penetrated the communities, certainly not to any degree, so are we referring to cannabis, or what drugs are we referring to?