On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Controlled Substances (Cannabis Decriminalisation) Amendment Bill be now read a second time: ????????????????

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Controlled Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Cannabis) Amendment Bill be now read a second time: ????????????????

for medical purposes to include the trialing of cannabis to eligible patients: ????????????????

The concept can be used broadly, for example substance misuse and depression, or it can be restricted to specify severe mental illness such as: • psychosis, • schizophrenia; • a substance misuse issue such as cannabis or methamphetamine use; • a person who has a milder mental illness such as panic disorder, anxiety disorder; or • intellectual disability such as ASD or FASD.

The concept can be used broadly, for example substance misuse and depression, or it can be restricted to specify severe mental illness such as: • psychosis, • schizophrenia; • a substance misuse issue such as cannabis or methamphetamine use; • a person who has a milder mental illness such as panic disorder, anxiety disorder; or • intellectual disability such as ASD or FASD.

The package proposed to remove some of the more minor cannabis and other drug offences from the District Court into the Magistrates Court.

Farley’s statistics on prostitution are complied below: • the average entry age into prostitution is 13; • 65% to 95% of prostituted women have been sexually assaulted or raped before they entered prostitution; • nearly half of prostitutes were victims of incest; • 83% of prostituted women are addicted to substances such as heroin, cocaine, cannabis and alcohol; • 54% of prostitutes suffer from very severe depression; • 42% of prostitutes had at least committed one suicide attempt, many suffering from psychological disorders; • 75% of women in prostitution are or have been homeless at some point in their lives; • 70% to 95% of women in prostitution working in the street have been physically assaulted during the exercise of prostitution; • 41% of women were attacked in brothels; • 60% to 75% of people were raped while in prostitution; and • 85% and 95% want to leave prostitution, but have no other means of survival.

There was also some cannabis seized from that job.

Illicit drug use has decreased from 14.2% in 2010 to 10.8% in 20166, with a similar decrease in Cannabis use, from 12% in 2010 to 5.9% in 2016.7 Despite this positive trend, children and young people in contact with me continue to express a range of concerns regarding the use of drugs and alcohol, as well as the support options that exist for them, their peers, family and community.

0 0 Subtotal 0 4 U Complaint procedures UA Failure to forward complaint 2 2 UB Failure to investigate complaint 0 2 UC Failure to receive complaint 0 3 UZ Other 1 3 Subtotal 3 10 V Exercise of powers VA Harassment 8 11 VB Improper direction 1 1 VC Expired restraint order 0 1 VD Cease loiter direction 0 0 VE Intervention in civil disputes 3 3 VF Discriminatory treatment 2 18 VG Telecommunications 0 0 VZ Other 0 3 Subtotal 14 37 28 W Firearms WA Discharge of firearms 1 1 WB Display of firearms 0 0 WC Seizure of firearms 3 3 WZ Other 2 5 Subtotal 6 9 X Control of information XA Disclosure of confidential information 26 33 XB Giving incorrect information 5 8 XC Refusal to divulge information 0 0 XD Failure to respond to enquiries 1 1 XE Privacy Information Principles 0 0 XF Freedom of Information 2 2 XZ Other 0 3 Subtotal 34 47 Y Drugs and narcotics YA Control of drugs and narcotics 0 0 YB Sale or supply of drugs 2 3 YC Personal use of drugs 0 0 YD Cannabis