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    Harm reduction in Australia: Has it worked? A review

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    Authors
    Hawks, D.
    Lenton, Simon
    Date
    1995
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Hawks, D.V. and Lenton, S. 1995. Harm reduction in Australia: Has it worked? A review. Drug and Alcohol Review 14 (3): 291-304.
    Source Title
    Drug and Alcohol Review
    Faculty
    National Drug Research Institute
    Remarks

    Originally published in Drug and Alcohol Review 1995 14 (3) pp. 291-304

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    A link at the Taylor and Francis web site available at http://www.tandf.co.uk

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45451
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The literature is reviewed with a view to determining what evidence exists for the success of Austalia's policy of harm minimization in relation to drug use. While there are relatively few examples of strategies which can unequivocally be said to have succeeded, there are many more for which the evidence is suggestive. While there has been considerable mushrooming of research since the advent of the National Campaign on Drug Abuse, it would appear that little of this has measured the extent to which harm has been reduced. The National Drug Stategy would benefit form more policy-orientated research which measures drug-related harm if it is to be, as claimed, research driven.

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