Dr. Des Crowley:

I will add a bit about treatment. The Senator asked about what time we will say we have enough treatment places to match everybody who has needs. What we recognise are the deficits in treatment. We know that treatment is protected, particularly around overdoses. The majority of people who have fatal overdoes are not in treatment. Removing all barriers possible has to be our first priority. We need to look at the services we have available for other addictions because nationally our addiction services have been opioid focused. I think the most common drug now is cocaine, and we do not really have a national cocaine treatment programme. We need to look at all behavioural and chemical addictions, look at what is evidence based and how that can be delivered. We are supporting and would encourage the committee to look at primary care as a really important location where that can be delivered without stigma and without discrimination. That would definitely be a good start from our perspective.