"It is something that the police wanted, we've acted on those concerns, we've reflected on our opinions and I think it's going to have a very strong road safety outcome." - Melinda Pavey, Roads Minister. In the face of a terrible road toll the government reacted with tougher measures including roadside testing for cocaine. However, a sensitive report reveals just months earlier both the Department of Transport and Roads Minister had rejected cocaine testing. Story: http://bit.ly/2GsMiDW www.7New

Our current roadside drug testing laws are dangerously out of step with medical science, and they are causing real harm. Medical cannabis is a common legally prescribed drug and it should be treated like every other prescription drug. We must stop forcing patients to make decisions to either compromise their medical care or risk the personal and legal consequences being found driving with THC in their system. This is discriminatory and it is unsustainable. This is matter of justice, of fairness,