Ex-addict Josh was shattered when, mid-drug summit, decriminalisation was taken off the table. He says it would have allowed him to seek help sooner
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While the New South Wales government’s second drug summit was still under way, Josh Macey decided to duck out to hear what the state’s minister for health was about to tell journalists.
Macey, 40, had been addicted to drugs and experienced homelessness for almost half his life before he quit several years ago. He says during his years as an addict his life was saved multiple times by a bold move the government took after the state’s first drug summit 25 years ago – introducing Australia’s first safe injecting room.
