Tougher laws in Australia
To be introduced this week, the new legislation will repeal the former Labor government's Cannabis Control Act, which allowed people to cultivate two plants for personal use.
Under the new laws anyone caught with small amounts of the drug will have to undergo counselling and not re-offend in three years to clear their criminal record.
Anyone caught selling illegal smoking implements to minors will face a $10,000 fine.
While admitting he had never tried the drug, Premier Colin Barnett said health authorities were adamant "the cannabis of today is far more potent and far more lethal than the cannabis of the 1960s and 1970s."
"What I hope would happen is a reduction in the usage of cannabis and that we will be far more effective in helping people to stay away from drugs and rehabilitate if they have a drug problem," Mr Barnett said. "Almost 80 per cent of admissions (to psychiatric hospitals) are somehow drug related."
Under the second new law West Australian police will be given unprecedented powers to search people for drugs and weapons.
The new search law, to be introduced before Christmas, would mean police would no longer be required to prove grounds of suspicion in court.
Source: The Australian
Cannabis lethal? That's a blatant lie.
Just like saying 80% of admissions are drug related (which drugs?) doesn't tell us anything about the true cause of mental illnesses and emotional disorders.
And how many times do we have to repeat that drug laws do not help people stay away from drugs?
Outrageous, don't you think?
