SELECT COMMITTEE ON ILLICIT DRUG USE — Notice of Motion

Hon Alison Xamon gave notice that at the next sitting of the house she would move —

(1) A select committee examining alternate approaches to reducing illicit drug use and its effects on the community is established.

(2) The select committee is to inquire into and report on —

(a) other Australian state jurisdictions and international approaches, including Portugal, to reducing harm from illicit drug use, including the relative weighting given to enforcement, health and social interventions;

(b) a comparison of effectiveness and cost to the community of drug-related laws between Western Australia and other jurisdictions;

(c) the applicability of alternate approaches to minimising harms from illicit drug use from other jurisdictions to the Western Australian context; and

(d) consider any other relevant matter.

(3) The select committee shall consist of five members.

(4) The select committee is to report no later than four months after the motion is agreed to.

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