Drug Lore
The Australian Parliamentary Group for Drug Law Reform
Formation
The National Charter for Drug Law Reform
The Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation
Australian inquiries into illicit drug use and control
The Inquiries
The Drug War: An exercise in futility
Prohibition and the health of the community
Prohibition and the increase in drug trafficking and use
Prohibition and the Criminal Justice System
Common goals
Questions posed by the International Narcotics Control Board
Economic costs
What will work?
Winning the war?
Police corruption
Conclusions
- Chapter 4
SOCIAL RAMIFICATIONS OF DRUG POLICIES AROUND THE WORLD
The Netherlands
Policies to continue
Law enforcement and focus and training
The International Treaties
Research
The cultural context
Heroin use among the young declining
Government support of policies
Conclusions
The United States of America
The Bronx, New York, a neglected and persecuted region
Harm minimisation through fear
Proportion of New York Budget spent on law enforcement
Drug policy: Race discrimination policy?
Conclusions
Canada
Law enforcement and police powers
HIV/AIDS and needle exchange
Effects on racial minorities
Conclusions
Nepal
Prohibition imposed in exchange for aid
Harm reduction enforced
Conclusions
India
Traditional use of drugs
Pressure from the United States
A breeding ground for corruption and increased population
Implementation of drugs policy
Conclusions
Britain
Policy by default
Harm minimisation policies
Conclusions
Switzerland
Heroin dosage declines over time on treatment programs
Health and social benefits to dependent users and the general community
Conclusions
- Chapter 5
THE NEED FOR HARM MINIMISATION
IN PRISONS
Canada prisons policy
Harm minimisation needs in New South Wales prisons, Australia
Harm minimisation in prisons
Conclusions
Dry communities: the problems
The effects of disempowerment
Mistrust of Government policies
Conclusions
Introduction
Expansion of methadone programs and needle exchanges
Rehabilitation
Education
Scientific research
Abolition of criminal sanctions for personal use
Undermining the black market
International Treaties
A new approach
APPENDIX A
Witnesses appearing before the Inquiry
APPENDIX B
THE NATIONAL CHARTER FOR DRUG LAW REFORM
A Short Bibliography
Witnesses appearing before the Inquiry
Monday, 4 March 1996
Tuesday, 5 March 1996
Wednesday, 6 March 1996
