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Harm Minimization in a Prohibition Context - Australia

Date

Authors

Hall, Wayne

Hamilton, Margaret

Ali, Robert

Bammer, Gabriele

Publisher

American Academy of Political and Social Science

Abstract

Australia ranks high internationally in the prevalence of cannabis and other illicit drug use, with the prevalence of all illicit drug use increasing since the 1970s. There are two distinctive features associated with harms from injecting drug use - high

Keywords

Keywords: Australia; Criminal Justice Policy; Drug Injection; Health Policy; Heroin; Law Enforcement; Marijuana; Australia; Criminal Justice Policy; Drug Injection; Health Policy; Heroin; Law Enforcement; Marijuana

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/71492

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1177/0002716202058002006

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