Ice inquiry: NSW government welcomes report but rejects five key recommendations

Sophie Harris
February 28 2020 - 9:00am
Commissioner Professor Dan Howard SC, pictured during the public hearing in Moree.
Commissioner Professor Dan Howard SC, pictured during the public hearing in Moree.

The provision of more medically supervised injecting clinics and residential rehabilitation programs for all people leaving custody, the expansion of the Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program across NSW and the decriminalisation of the personal use of ice and other drugs, as well as a focus on services for Aboriginal communities are among a raft of recommendations made by the Special Commission of Inquiry into crystal methamphetamine and amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS).

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Sophie Harris

Sophie Harris

Senior Journalist

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