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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Illicit Drugs</name>
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        <heading>Illicit Drugs</heading>
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        <name>Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Stuart</electorate>
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            <name>Illicit Drugs</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4342">Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (15:01):</by>  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:</text>
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          <inserted>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…</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4336" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Taylor</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Disabilities</name>
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            <name>Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse</name>
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            <name>Illicit Drugs</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4336">The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (15:01):</by>  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.</text>
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