Strip-searches and sniffer dogs will remain in place at NSW music festivals, while medicinal cannabis users will have to wait longer for changes that would allow them to drive, after the Minns government failed to adopt key recommendations from the state’s landmark drug summit.

Former MPs Carmel Tebbutt and John Brogden in April made 56 recommendations in their report following last year’s summit, ranging from reduced conviction periods for minor drug offences to expanded supervised injection clinics.

In its response released on Tuesday the government accepted 50 recommendations and acknowledged a further four, but did not support the recommendation to stop using drug detection dogs and strip-searches for suspected drug possession at music festivals participating in the state’s 12-mont

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