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1. The fight against the negative consequences of substance use and addiction has been translated into three major action policies: supply reduction, prevention and harm reduction. ... This can include:
• The management of pubs and clubs through licensing control where dance culture supports drug use. ... To make drug availability and use less prevalent in locations where youth congregate and spend their time. ... Many argue that demand reduction is the best strategy when combating drug use. ... Effective demand reduction programmes should cover all areas of prevention, from discouraging initial use to reducing the negative health and social consequences of drug abuse. ... "
• Include skills to resist drugs when offered, strengthen personal commitments against drug use, and increase social competency (e. ... , in communications, peer relationships, self-efficacy, and assertiveness), in conjunction with reinforcement of attitudes against drug use. ...
• Target all forms of drug abuse, including the use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and inhalants. ... Third, they assert that it is questionable whether anti-drug programs equip young people for life in the real world, where even those who do not use drugs may need to assist and understand people who do. Traditional programs attempt to prevent drug use by emphasizing its negative aspects. They present non-use as normative and equate use with abuse. ... Some have concluded that it is unrealistic to expect these programs to prevent or change adolescent drug use and have proposed more realistic goals, such as promoting safer use, delaying use, preventing the escalation of use and encouraging users to take responsibility for themselves and others. ... The harm-reduction approach recognizes that the goal of preventing all drug use is unrealistic. It focuses instead on minimizing the harmful consequences of use, on providing credible information and on developing the capacity of young people to make responsible choices.
Harm-reduction interventions focus on mitigating the harmful consequences of substance use rather than on eliminating such use altogether.
Approximate Word count = 1574
Approximate Pages = 6.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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