Listening to the police and the ACT government, a person could be forgiven for thinking the looming decriminalisation of some drug possession will only lead to one of two possible outcomes.
Gough, the chief executive of the Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy, has overcome his own dependence to heroin, and works every day with others coping with similar issues. He also outlined the possibility that methamphetamine use could result in an increase in the road toll, and that violence could increase between organised criminals, including bikie gangs, in a bid to capture a share of an expanding drug market.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads
Under the new laws, anyone found with an amount of drugs that falls within the threshold would be fined, but not charged with a criminal offence.