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The
Minister for Police, according to order, moved - That the Controlled
Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Cannabis) Amendment Bill be now
read a second time.
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Between 2007 and 2011 the following legislation was enacted:
o the Criminal Law Consolidation (Drink Spiking) Amendment Act 2007;
o section 14 of the Controlled Substances (Serious Drug Offences) Amendment Act 2005;
o the Summary Offences (Drug Paraphernalia) Amendment Act 2008;
o section 4 of the Controlled Substances (Possession of Prescribed Equipment) Act 2007;
o the Controlled Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Cannabis) Amendment
Act 2008;
o the Controlled Substances (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2010;
o the Controlled Substances (Offences Relating to Instructions) Amendment Act 2011;
- in addition, during the five-year period, SAPOL regularly undertook specialised policing
operations targeting drug-related crimes, particularly the sale of controlled drugs.
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The support provider found it very strange that
NDIS funded this type of activity when it is closely linked to the growing of cannabis, and that there was
no funding for support coordination when the client clearly needs it.
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Ordered - That the
adjourned debate on the question - That the Controlled Substances (Cannabis)
Amendment Bill be now read a second time - be now resumed.
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According to the 2010 National Drug Strategy Household
Survey, 0.7% (95% CI, 0.6%–0.9%) of the population aged
14 years or older had used SLT at least once in the previous
year, a marginal increase from the 0.5% (95% CI, 0.4%–
0.6%) in the 2007 survey.2,3 This is much lower than the
levels of use of illicit drugs, such as ecstasy (3.0%), cocaine
(2.1%), methamphetamine (2.5%) and cannabis (10.3%).4
Unpublished data from the International Tobacco Control
Policy Evaluation Study indicate that use of ENDS in
Australia is very low.
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of Cannabis)
Amendment Bill.
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The Drug and Alcohol Services Council reported in 2002 that, with the exception of cocaine, the
prevalence of lifetime and recent use (within the last 12 months) of all illicit drugs increased
between 1995 and 1998.378
372 Warmington, oral evidence, Hansard, p45
373 Carers' Association of South Australia Inc. op cit. p8
374 Neville, A. (2001). op cit. p45
375 ibid. p45
376 Williams, oral evidence, Hansard, p286.
377 Anglicare, written submission, p11
378 Drug and Alcohol Services Council, Illicit Drug Use in South Australia 2002, A Statistical Overview, 2nd edition, South
Australia, May 2002. p1
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Cannabis remains the most commonly used illicit drug in South Australia.
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The Drug and Alcohol Services Council reported in 2002 that, with the exception of cocaine, the
prevalence of lifetime and recent use (within the last 12 months) of all illicit drugs increased
between 1995 and 1998.378
372 Warmington, oral evidence, Hansard, p45
373 Carers' Association of South Australia Inc. op cit. p8
374 Neville, A. (2001). op cit. p45
375 ibid. p45
376 Williams, oral evidence, Hansard, p286.
377 Anglicare, written submission, p11
378 Drug and Alcohol Services Council, Illicit Drug Use in South Australia 2002, A Statistical Overview, 2nd edition, South
Australia, May 2002. p1
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Cannabis remains the most commonly used illicit drug in South Australia.
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The Drug and Alcohol Services Council reported in 2002 that, with the exception of cocaine, the
prevalence of lifetime and recent use (within the last 12 months) of all illicit drugs increased
between 1995 and 1998.378
372 Warmington, oral evidence, Hansard, p45
373 Carers' Association of South Australia Inc. op cit. p8
374 Neville, A. (2001). op cit. p45
375 ibid. p45
376 Williams, oral evidence, Hansard, p286.
377 Anglicare, written submission, p11
378 Drug and Alcohol Services Council, Illicit Drug Use in South Australia 2002, A Statistical Overview, 2nd edition, South
Australia, May 2002. p1
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Cannabis remains the most commonly used illicit drug in South Australia.
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Notes the February 2016 passage of the federal Narcotic Drugs Amendment Bill 2016 enabling a national licensing scheme for the controlled cultivation across Australia of cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes; II.