Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

In fairness, I would have to look at that question exceptionally carefully; but, having said that, anything we can do to stop people getting involved with a drug needs to happen. That is why, as a conservative, my approach to these things is absolute zero tolerance to drug taking but also a compassionate approach to the victims. To get people off drugs is something that one would hope everybody in this chamber would be agreed on. I am not sure that it is necessarily going to be successful if you try to get somebody off drugs involuntarily. You have got to convince the person first that they have got a problem from which they need to be released. I do not pretend to be an expert in that area. Suffice to say that anything we can do to relieve this nation and its people of the drug scourge I would be more than happy to assist with. (Time expired)