Fiona Hutton

Politics
Mar 11, 2020

The cannabis vote must not go up in a puff of misinformation

Just months from the referendum, myths and misinformation about cannabis legalisation continue to proliferate.

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Politics
Aug 9, 2019

Why I can’t join the choir of delight on this drug reform

There is a glimmer of positivity, bit I am saddened that to gain it we have had to enact ineffective ‘get tough’ measures instead of being truly transformative, writes Fiona …

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Society
Mar 15, 2018

Longer jail sentences will do nothing to solve the synthetic cannabis epidemic

Instead of increasing prison time for the supply of drugs like synthetic cannabis, let's focus on the solutions that have been proven to work, argues Victoria University criminologist Dr Fiona Hutton.

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