Australia: Criminal Prosecutions Soar Under New South Wales’ Unjust Drug Driving Laws

The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) released a report on 23 October 2024 which found that the number of people charged with drug driving offences over the past decade has increased from 1,409 to 13,815 annually. But notably, the BOCSAR concluded that, despite the 836% increase in prosecutions, ‘[t]here is no evidence that recent trends in drug […]