Australia’s newest response to emerging psychoactive drugs

Monica Barratt

Published on: 23/11/2012

Having followed this issue closely and recently published an article in The Conversation outlining the various policy responses Australia might consider in response to emerging psychoactive drugs, I was surprised to read about the passing of new commonwealth legislation amending the Criminal Code 1995 in The Age yesterday.

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Synthetic cannabinoids in Australia: an update

Monica Barratt

Published on: 17/11/2012

Last month, we published findings from the first survey of synthetic cannabis users in Australia. When we asked people why they had first used synthetic cannabis, its legal status was an important reason.

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