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April 3rd, 2012 
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The former West Australian Premier, Geoff Gallop, says the use of recreational drugs should be decriminalised.
A group of eminent Australians, including Dr Gallop, former federal police chief Mick Palmer and former New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions Nicholas Cowdery, contributed to the report which says the ‘war on drugs’ has failed.
The report, written for think tank Australia21, concludes that Australia should consider legalising some substances.
Dr Gallop says decriminalising recreational drugs has worked in other countries.
“I think in Portugal they decriminalised the use of drugs and required those who were caught in possession of drugs to take up therapy or to take up treatment or to find some way that they could live their lives better,” he said.
“I think that whole approach of decriminalising the use of drugs creates a much better framework for dealing with them.”
Dr Gallop says those who use recreational drugs need help.
“I think it’s most important that we look at the interest of those people in our community that do use drugs and we don’t surround them with the criminal law so that their ability to cope with any issues that result from their use, their ability to live normal lives in our community is dealt with properly,” he said.
The Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr also contributed to the report before he returned to politics.
He has called for an open debate and wants to see the decriminalisation of so-called recreational drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy.
Mr Carr says too much time and money is being spent on their policing but he is opposed to a legalised drug regime which he says will not work.
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