Alcohol and Other Drugs

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [5.40 pm]: I rise because tomorrow, 31 August, marks International Overdose Awareness Day. As its name suggests, it is a global event that aims to raise awareness of overdose and to reduce the stigma around drug-related deaths. It also serves to acknowledge the grief felt by family and friends who are remembering those who have died or have ended up with a permanent injury as a result of drug overdose.

HON AARON STONEHOUSE (South Metropolitan) [1.04 pm]: I move —

(1)  A select committee, to be known as the Personal Choice and Community Safety Committee, is established.

(2)  The select committee is to inquire into and report on the economic and social impact of measures introduced in Western Australia to restrict personal choice “for the individual’s own good”, with particular reference to —