"In comments provided to The Age, he backed drug policy reform ahead of a push from crossbench MPs to vote on decriminalising cannabis in coming weeks, labelling the current system an unmitigated failure."
"Criminalising adults for the possession and personal use of small amounts of drugs creates an unregulated black market, enriches organised crime, and ultimately means huge numbers of the most vulnerable end up behind bars. What it doesn’t do is decrease drug use or keep people safe."
"Bach said most people who took drugs were not dependent on them and caused no harm to others, while those who did take drugs problematically often had issues such as mental ill health or trauma which would only be worsened by being placed in the criminal justice system."
"He said drugs should be kept away from children but for adults every reputable study showed incarceration did not lead to rehabilitation and made reoffending more likely."
I'm still not really a fan of this party, but it's nice that someone knows what's up.
