National Drug Policy 2007–2012
Ministry of Health; New Zealand
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Substance Abuse Policies
New Zealand
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The National Drug Policy 2007–2012 builds on the first National Drug Policy 1998–2003(Ministry of Health 1998). It sets out the Government’s policy for tobacco, alcohol, illegal and other drugs within a single framework. It does this by establishing the goals, objectives and principles that will guide drug policy and intersectoral decision making about the best way to address the harms caused by drug use, and identifies the population groups that require special attention.
The National Drug Policy aims to reduce the effects of harmful substance use through a balance of measures that:
• control or limit the availability of drugs (supply control)
• limit the use of drugs by individuals, including abstinence (demand reduction)
• reduce harm from existing drug use (problem limitation).
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