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Costs by Region: Australasia and Oceania

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Alternatives to prohibition – Illicit drugs: How can we stop killing and criminalising young Australians

A report by Australia21 looking at possible alternatives to current prohibitionist drug policy.

Winning the war on drugs: the costs

A Sydney Morning Herald article that considers the costs of the war on drugs, in particular the deaths that result from unregulated doses, the crime fuelled by the war, and the vast and ineffective spending on law enforcement.

Toward a Global View of Alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Cocaine Use: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Taken from the first 17 countries to participate in the World Health Organization’s (WHO), World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative finds that drug use is not distributed evenly across the globe and is not purely related to drug policy. Stricter user-level drug policies did not correlate with lower levels of use.

Behind Bars - Risk Behaviours for HIV Transmission in Prisons, A Review

Gaughwin et al. discuss issues surrounding injecting drug users and look at the link between incarceration and HIV rates among the prison population. It is argued that prisons have a responsibility to help prevent HIV transmission.

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