On 2 May 2024, the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties will host a discussion panel about the need for drug reform in the state.

The last reform in the state was done in 1999, and experts say New South Wales needs to shift away from treating drugs from a criminal perspective to a health issue, similar to the ACT.

Image: Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-medicinal-drugs-159211/

Produced By: Eduardo Jordan

Featured In Story: Nicholas Cowdery – Former Director of Public Prosecutions from New South Wales and event moderator, and Dr Marianne Jauncey – Director at Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 30 April 2024