VSU in Victoria:
1) prohibits administrations from making students' membership of student organisations compulsory;
2) limits the expenditure of funds from compulsory non-academic fees on facilities and services or activities of direct benefit to
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Facts that speak for themselves
84% of government drug spending is to police drug use; 6% on treatment; and 10% on education.
83% of people are in prison for drug-related crimes.
There are only 21 juvenile detoxification centres in Australia
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