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Adelaide City Council proposes extending the park lands dry zone for a further two years, despite warnings from drug and alcohol services that the controversial policy has failed to reduce anti-social behaviour in the city.
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Health Minister Stephen Wade will today propose a suite of changes to a SA Government Bill to enforce mandatory drug treatment on young people, following criticism the proposed legislation would breach several of Australia’s human rights obligations.
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The head of South Australia’s peak Aboriginal health body has warned that a State Government plan to enforce mandatory drug treatment on young people risks dispossessing Aboriginal children of their culture.
South Australia’s Guardian for Children and Young People has called on the State Government to address an “inadequate” provision of drug and alcohol services, which she said ultimately impacted her son’s chance of survival.
A group of interstate human rights lawyers say a South Australian Government plan to enforce mandatory drug treatment on children would breach several of Australia’s human rights obligations.
The head of South Australia’s drug and alcohol services network says recent reports on the use of methamphetamine in the workplace are misleading and could cause people to turn away from seeking treatment.
