THE West Australian attorney-general has ordered the Department of Commerce to investigate whether a breath-freshener that markets itself as "liquid marijuana" has broken consumer protection laws.
LIBERAL backbencher Phil Edman gave the product to the attorney-general's office after he bought it from a Rockingham surf shop in his electorate.
It was Mr Edman's latest attempt to shine the spotlight on the availability of synthetic drugs in WA.Mr Edman said while the product did not contain any marijuana it was "morally corrupt" because it told impressionable young children it was okay to do drugs.He said the product was sold at childrens' eyeline.The packaging claimed you could get high at class and was so discreet you could "use it in front of your mum", Mr Edman said."Why would you want ... this sort of liquid marijuana being displayed in front of a cash register at a surf store?," Mr Edman told AAP."There's nothing stopping an eight-year-old boy buying this "get high" spray."It's sending a message to our children that it's okay to be high and that's not the message we want."Mr Edman said synthetic drugs were a scourge on the WA community and had been told some cannabinoids were just as bad or worse than methamphetamines."I've got parents sending me emails that their nine-year-old girls are addicted to this s***."Australian Sex Party leader Fiona Patten said Mr Edman was creating an unjustified fear in the public over the "innocent breath-freshener" in order to further his political campaign of being tough on drugs."Politicians are stooping to new lows in their war on drugs and half the claims they make about synthetic cannabinoids are simply untrue," Ms Patten said.The WA government is currently seeking to ban an additional 33 synthetic drugs."(Premier Colin) Barnett's new laws are being framed in such a way that they will actually ban novelty goods like the 'Liquid Marijuana' breath freshener that claims to get you high after doing a headstand and spinning around on the spot," Ms Patten said.Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
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