Illicit Drugs

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (15:01): My question is to the Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Does the minister agree with statements made by her colleague the member for Fisher in this house yesterday that:

There is conjectural evidence that an overbearing police presence and zero tolerance policies are forcing partygoers to take unnecessary risks, such as overloading on drugs…

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (15:01): Harm minimisation and reduction for those people with substance abuse issues are important to all people in this state, and we need to adopt a complex, across-the-whole-society approach. It is unwise to encourage any young person to participate in illegal drug use.