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dc.contributor.authorDoessel, D.
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, F.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T17:00:34Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T17:00:34Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2009-12-10T08:48:08Z
dc.identifier.issn00049018
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-8462.2008.00494.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/27292
dc.description.abstractThe impact of alternative drug policy objectives, specifically harm reduction/harm minimisation or prohibition, is unclear. The literature is confusing. This article conceptualises the causal connection between drug consumption and health harm (or reduced health status) then clarifies the implication of 'drug related harm '. By applying some geometrical tools from economics, the choice of policy objective is analysed. The preferences of policy advocates are then incorporated. Policy advocates are conceived as arguing that decision makers and consumers should adopt their preferences between drugs and health harm. With this approach, the difference between alternative drug policies, in particular prohibition and harm minimisation/reduction, is emonstrated.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Asia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom239
dc.relation.ispartofpageto249
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Economic Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume41
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconomics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode14
dc.titleThe simple analytics of illicit drug policy
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDoessel, Darrel P.


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