Majority relaxed about cannabis use
Australians have for many years now shown a very humane approach when it comes to the personal use of illicit drugs
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
More than half of Australians support reduced legal penalties for use of drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy, an analysis of a federal government survey shows. The findings contrast with the Herald/Nielsen poll released after the recent report of the think tank Australia 21 – urging to reopen the national debate on drug use, regulation and control – which showed that two-thirds of people opposed decriminalisation. But that is explained by the different way the poll questions were structured, said Alison Ritter, who heads a drug policy modelling program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of NSW.
