National Drug Strategy 2010–2015
Australian Department of Health and Ageing; Commonwealth of Australia
Country Resources
Substance Abuse Strategies and Plans
Australia
1 January 2010
Policy document
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The overarching approach of the National Drug Strategy is harm minimisation. This encompasses the three pillars of:• demand reduction to prevent the uptake and/or delay the onset of use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; reduce the misuse of alcohol and the use of tobacco and other drugs in the community; and support people to recover from dependence and reintegrate with the community
• supply reduction to prevent, stop, disrupt or otherwise reduce the production and supply of illegal drugs; and control, manage and/or regulate the availability of legal drugs
• harm reduction to reduce the adverse health, social and economic consequences of the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
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