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Samantha Lock

SHOCKING: Mood altering drug use a human right top prosecutor - You Need To See This

A top prosecutor has told an inquiry NSW should decriminalise drugs and bring users before experts. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Cannabis should be legalised for recreational use and access should be viewed as a fundamental right, Australia's longest-serving chief prosecutor says.

Nicholas Cowdery SC - who was formerly responsible for leading the prosecution of drug dealers in the nation's largest legal system - has argued the criminal justice framework is ill-equipped to deal with drug use.

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