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Day: 17 November 2023

The Age: ‘Prohibition is failing’: Ex-AFP boss says criminalising cannabis use does more harm than good

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In this article, reporter for The Age Jewel Topsfield writes about the inaugural David Penington Oration which was hosted by Penington Institute yesterday at Parliament House in Melbourne. She spoke with the event Orator Mr Mick Palmer AO APM, former Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, about his views on cannabis law reform. Mr Palmer shared how […]

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