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DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
MR HUMPHRIES (Minister for Health, Education and the Arts) (12.23 am): I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
I table today the Drugs of Dependence (Amendment) Bill 1990, which complements the Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Bill 1990 and completes the update of the drugs schedules in line with the recommendations of the National Health and Medical Research Council. Schedules 1 and 2 of the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989 cover those drugs to which the restrictions of the Williams Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drugs 1980 and the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs apply.
Schedule 1 drugs are drugs of dependence which have legitimate medical purposes, but are illegal for recreational use and have a high potential for addiction. The purpose of this schedule is to ensure that legal requirements for the safe keeping, monitoring and recording of all legitimate prescriptions are adhered to and that the drugs are not diverted for illegal use or abuse. Schedule 2 drugs are prohibited drugs which have no medical use.
The effect of the amendment is to repeal schedules 1 to 7 of the Poisons and Drugs Act 1978 and to substitute new schedules for those which have been repealed, and to amend schedules 1 and 2 of the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989. I present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Berry) adjourned.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS - STANDING COMMITTEE
Report on Inquiry into the Priorities Review Board Review
MS FOLLETT (Leader of the Opposition) (12.26 am): I present the following papers:
Public Accounts - Standing Committee - Inquiry into the Priorities Review Board Review -
Report No. 2, dated December 1990.
Copies of extracts of minutes of proceedings.
I move:
That the report be noted.
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