DRUGS
WHO MAY
BE
AFFECTED
BY
DRUGS?School boys
and girls
Female
heroin addict
Social drinker and
smoker
A pill popping raver
who’s beginning to
rely on ecstasy
Dealers making
money off kids
Police who fight the
war on drugs
Communities overrun
by drugs
Social workers who
help with drug
rehabilitation
Harm minimization aims to LESSENthe dangers that drug abuse and ourdrug policies cause to society.
Description
Harm minimisation aim?To reduce the number of young peopleusing drugs.
To delay the onset of drug use.
To minimise the harm caused by drugs.
To enable those who have concerns aboutdrug use to seek help.
List main aim of harm minimization
Harm Minimization Strategy:
1. Harm Reduction
2. Supply Control
3. Demand Reduction
List 3 components of harm minimization
1. Harm Reduction
Refers to the harm caused by the drug user and the wider community. This includes the need to teach safer ways for people to use drugs if they are going to do so.
For example use needle exchange programs so users get clean needles and safely dispose of used ones. This then prevents diseases from spreading, and helps to ensure pubic safety.
2. Supply Control Laws are created and enforced by government and
police aimed at preventing drugs from entering the country, being manufactured and distributed.
For example if there are not as many drugs are on the streets, less people can have access to them and ‘traffickers’ will also go out of business.
3. Demand Reduction
Making people want to use drugs less
For example -:
providing information to people so they can make responsible choices
helping people to achieve a good standard of living and be able to maintain happy and healthy relationships so they are less likely to turn to drugs.
helping people with drug problems to seek treatment and rehabilitation.
How harm minimisation works?To minimise the harm of drugs, the problem
needs to be looked at on a number of levels and from a number of angles.
A multi component approach is most effective, as different issues require different approaches.
Multi Component Approach
*Policies *Education
*Media *Community
*Family *Rehabilitation
*Safety and Protection
*Speakers in schools
*Safe injecting rooms
*Taxes
DRUG TYPE SUPPLY CONTROL
Fill in gaps
DEMAND REDUCTION
Fill in gaps
HARM REDUCTION
Fill in gaps
TOBACCO QUIT campaigns.
Classes for smokers
Ban advertising
ALCOHOL Age restrictions. Sales. Proof of age entry.Alcho-pop’ tax
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Relaxation training
Stress Management
Education programs
Consumer info on labels and packets
CANNABIS Media /Education
Relaxation training
Stress management
ECSTACY Laws against using, manufacturing, supplying, possession
Public education campaigns
Examples Of Harm Minimisation Strategies
Points to consider re Harm Minimization
There is no set solution to the drug problem in a free society, and many different interventions may work.
Some drugs, such as marijuana, are less harmful than others, such as cocaine and alcohol.
Aims to lessen the harm of drugs through education, prevention, and treatment.
Aims to protect youth from the dangers of drugs by offering factual, drug education and eliminating youth’s black market exposure to drugs.
List 4 points to consider regarding Harm Minimzation.
Zero Tolerance Zero tolerance is a term refers to strict policing
measures. It does not support the consideration of drug use as a health issue rather than a legal issue.
Q What is zero tolerance?
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