The Age: Criminalising cannabis: How Australia’s war on weed hurts the poor

Penington Institute’s new research on the impact of Australia’s criminalisation of cannabis features in The Age – revealing that people with highest unemployment, least education and lowest income are targeted most for criminal charges. In this feature article, Criminalising cannabis: How Australia’s war on weed hurts the poor, investigative reporter Clay Lucas highlights our data […]
New paper encourages rethink on failed cannabis policy, calls for reform to reduce community harms

Download paper “Australia’s current policy approach to cannabis is a three-fold disaster.” That is the damning conclusion reached in Penington Institute’s latest discussion paper Cannabis Regulation in Australia: Putting community safety first, published on 24 July 2024. The paper examines the implications of government policy towards Australia’s illicit cannabis market, which is estimated at over $5 billion […]