Comments on: Australia, you have a drug problem https://www.policyforum.net/australia-you-have-a-drug-problem/ The APPS Policy Forum a public policy website devoted to Asia and the Pacific. Wed, 18 Mar 2020 09:27:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 By: Godfree Roberts https://www.policyforum.net/australia-you-have-a-drug-problem/#comment-12472 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 09:27:45 +0000 https://www.policyforum.net/?p=40396#comment-12472 Why not try Portugal’s approach, modified to reflect their many years of experience?

]]> By: Edward https://www.policyforum.net/australia-you-have-a-drug-problem/#comment-12471 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:29:36 +0000 https://www.policyforum.net/?p=40396#comment-12471 What is not clear is whether we need to better fund current efforts, find new approaches, or both. In the meantime, Australians continue to consume more illicit drugs.

Try a new approach: a transferable civilian Suitability Clearance.

1:50 workers are on ice, 1:36 regularly using illegal marijuana. This is a ticking time bomb: drug users on their way to work, or a counterproductive workplace behaviour in the workplace. Duty of care and compliance regulations are a big deal. The trend is clear – enhanced integrity checks are needed and required in all spheres of work and activity.

There is a unifying standard contained in the PSPF. It is being neglected to society’s peril. A police check does not satisfy the suitability indicators of maturity, tolerance, loyalty or resilience. It is not wide enough or deep enough to consider the seven factor areas in the PSPF Vetting Practices Adjudicative Guidelines (which ICAC NSW refers to as the better screening practice).

A PSPF-compliant fast, fair, better way could be a transferable civilian Suitability Clearance.

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