On 1st December 2025, we published a Harm Reduction Guide for Dagga Private Clubs that basically collated all the information that is already available on our website into one readily available, easy-to-use document

This Harm Reduction Guide is freely available for download by DPC Member Clubs.

We can all do our part in reducing the harms caused by prohibition, as well as reducing the risks of Cannabis use through education, safe practices, and community care. Both are essential. Get the whole guide by signing up your club with us today.

There are six important documents highlighted in the Harm Reduction Guide that we highly recommend printing out and having on hand when running your DPC.

The third one is the 2020 High Court Precedent on Warrants

Why:
This case clarified the rules around search and seizure warrants. It set a precedent that warrants
must be specific, valid, and executed within lawful limits. Clubs can use this to push back against
overreach or vague warrants.

Key points to highlight:

Warrants must be specific
“A valid warrant must… clearly identify the person or premises to be searched, describe the articles to be seized with sufficient particularity, and specify the offence under investigation.”
If the warrant is vague or general, it is invalid.

Warrants must not be overbroad
“It is no cure for an over-broad warrant to say that the subject of the search knew or ought to have known what was being looked for. The warrant must itself specify its object, intelligibly and narrowly.”
Officers cannot use a broad warrant as a “fishing expedition.”

Judicial officer must apply their mind
“A search warrant is not some kind of mere interdepartmental note. It embodies awesome powers as well as formidable consequences. It must be issued with care, after careful scrutiny by a magistrate or justice, and not reflexively upon a mere checklist approach.”
If the magistrate did not apply their mind properly, the warrant is invalid.

Electronic devices need special care
“The description ‘all electronic equipment’ is impermissibly broad… A warrant must identify the electronically stored material by its connection to the suspected offences.”
Police cannot seize all phones, laptops, etc. without specific justification.

Errors or confusion make a warrant invalid
“The reference to the wrong provisions of the Drugs Act and the unexplained reference to dronabinol create confusion and uncertainty in respect of a pivotal issue: the suspected offences which underpin the required jurisdictional facts.”
If the warrant is internally inconsistent or refers to the wrong law, it collapses.