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THE HARM MINIMISATION POLICY HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR THAN 20 YEARS. HAS THIS POLICY BEEN SUCCESSFUL?
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THE HARM MINIMISATION POLICY HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR THAN 20 YEARS. HAS THIS POLICY BEEN SUCCESSFUL? Drug policy has traditionally taken a strong moral and law driven approach, and although this approach is still prevalent in Australian society, it has now been combined with a harm minimisation approach. Harm minimisation takes "a middle-of-the-road approach between prohibition and legalization" (Fisher et al, 2000). Harm minimisation recognises that drugs are a part of society, and notes that this will not change despite no-tolerance approaches. The harm minimisation "approach considers the actual harms associated with the use of a particular drug (rather than just the drug use itself), and how these harms can be minimised or reduced" (Drug Info Clearing House, 2007). It acknowledges that there are harms that can be diminished for legal drugs (such as alcohol and tobacco) as well as illicit drugs. Harm minimisation not only aims to reduce...
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