Drug law reform is one of those polarising social issues that often creates inertia in politics and officialdom, and their tortoise-like pace to appropriate change proceeds in NSW.

Four months after the 2024 Drug Summit ended, its final report has been made public, and the Minns government has been given another six months to respond. Held 25 years after the 1999 drug summit, which led to the opening of King Cross’ medically supervised injecting room and sterile syringe programs, the summit was a Labor election promise.

But given Premier Chris Minns warned attendees they would not agree with every speaker and urged them to find “points where we agree” to find “workable” policies, the summit stayed clear of decriminalising drugs.

The report includes 56........

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