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we provide a standardisation that affects both jurisdictions the better off certain residents of the ACT will be.
I commend this Bill to the house. I take it that there are no amendments from those opposite. I trust that this and the other Bill will fulfil their purpose adequately and quickly.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
Debate resumed from 13 December 1990, on motion by Mr Humphries:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR BERRY (4.18): Mr Speaker, this amendment Bill merely adds to schedule 1 of the existing Drugs of Dependence Act. It implements the recommendation of the Williams Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drugs in 1980 and the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The Opposition will be agreeing to it.
MRS NOLAN (4.19): The making of the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989 represented a major reform for the ACT's antiquated and inadequate drug laws and took the Territory to the forefront of Australian drug regulatory measures. The Act covers those drugs to which the restrictions of the Williams Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drugs 1980 and the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs apply.
Drugs in schedule 1 to the Act are drugs of dependence which have legitimate medical applications but are illegal for recreational use and have a high potential for addiction. The purpose of this schedule is to ensure that legal requirements for the safekeeping, monitoring and recording of all legitimate prescriptions are adhered to and that the drugs are not diverted for illegal use or abuse.
The drugs in schedule 2 to the Act are prohibited substances and include items such as heroin, cannabis and LSD which do not have a medical use and are harmful when used for recreational purposes. The reason for the amendment is to update these two schedules to reflect the recent changes in the chemical name for the two substances and to add a further two substances to schedule 1. Both of
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