Shona Murray
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311 appearances
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5 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 26 Jun
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Yeah, well, I mean, first of all, I'd say that having covered those OCTUS committees, they do have a lot of substance to them, you know, that they have experts there who know what they're talking about, who have experience in dealing with drug addiction and whether or not criminalising people for possession of small amounts of drugs, whether that actually works in terms of deterrence.
So, first of all, you'd sort of take these findings into account.
And then the second thing is, I do understand that a person, if they are involved in taking drugs...
that the last thing they need is a criminal record if they want to try to turn their life around in the future.
And that includes travelling to other jurisdictions and also in terms of having a criminal record and trying to get a new job.
That's a real preventative.
And also is it would maybe turn them off and trying out a new life because they think there's too many obstacles in the road ahead.
I obviously understand that it could be a slippery slope because maybe you're turning too much of a blind eye to drug taking.
Well, it may do, but I think people who want to engage in risky behaviour and taking drugs are going to do that anyway, if they're going down to a festival or whatever it is, if they're young.
But I do also think that it's a bit scattergun.
I prefer to see much more emphasis on how to deal with people who are in long-term drug abuse, such as people who are of
or taking heroin for several years.
There's not enough addiction services.
People are being given methadone and they're walking around the streets like zombies.
I mean, that's the type of thing I'd be tackling.
And there are obviously countries all around Europe, like the Netherlands, where, you know, you...
Similarly, there is a I would say it's not actually called decriminalisation, but it's it's allow it doesn't criminalise people for small amounts of personal quantity of drugs, whether it's cannabis.
They separate cannabis from sort of hard drugs.
And it seems to be working in that way because but I just think the emphasis should be more on dealing with people who have drug abuse problems.
And I would see maybe I would probably agree that maybe decriminalisation should.
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