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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2012-02-14" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Young People and Drugs Brochure</name>
      <text id="20120214c946655647e74ebeb0000445">
        <heading>YOUNG PEOPLE AND DRUGS BROCHURE</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="3126" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2012-02-14">
            <name>YOUNG PEOPLE AND DRUGS BROCHURE</name>
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        <startTime time="2012-02-14T15:56:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="3126">The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (15:56):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the minister representing the Minister for Health regarding a Parenting SA brochure that has been handed to me.</text>
        <text id="20120214c946655647e74ebeb0000447">Leave granted.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3126" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20120214c946655647e74ebeb0000448">
          <by role="member" id="3126">The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD:</by>  I have obtained a copy of a brochure entitled 'Young people and drugs—Parent easy guide 15', published at taxpayer expense by Parenting SA Children, Youth and Women's Health Service, which states, and I quote directly from the brochure:</text>
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          <inserted>We live in a drug-taking society. While there's a lot of concern about illegal drugs in the media, the most harm and greatest risk to young people comes from using legal drugs such as alcohol, cigarettes and medicines.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20120214c946655647e74ebeb0000450">Now, it is not right. I make note for those in the chamber that there is nothing mentioned about the quantity or availability: it is about direct harm of the substance. That being the case, I ask my questions of the Minister for Health and the minister representing him here in this place:</text>
        <text id="20120214c946655647e74ebeb0000451">1.&amp;#x9;Does he approve of the above content and endorse that statement or does he have concern about the statement?</text>
        <text id="20120214c946655647e74ebeb0000452">2.&amp;#x9;Does he believe and agree with the statement that concern about illegal drugs in the media is overstated, as it says in the brochure and, if not, will the minister take steps to address the content of this brochure and ensure that government policy is reflected in taxpayer-funded brochures?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3125" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for State/Local Government Relations</electorate>
        <startTime time="2012-02-14T15:57:00" />
        <text id="20120214c946655647e74ebeb0000453">
          <timeStamp time="2012-02-14T15:57:00" />
          <by role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (15:57):</by>  I would like to thank the honourable member for his very important question, and I will refer it to the honourable Minister for Health in another place and get back to him as quickly as possible.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1704">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20120214c946655647e74ebeb0000454">
          <by role="member" id="1704">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Wade has a supplementary, have you, out of that answer?</text>
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