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(PDF) A Study on Substance Abuse Prevention

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
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INTRODUCTIONThe health promotion is consists of policies & programs to protect people from exposingthemselves to determinants of diseases. This report will summarise key policies and guidelinesthat inform the issue and services.Name the topic that you will review and appraise. (The topic must be reflected in the courseresources, approximately 1 – 8 words).The topic selected for this report is,“Policies and Practices that contribute to the Health ofDrug Abuse in Children and Young People” Discusses health policies that apply to the topic. (This requires approximately 600 words andis to be supported with evidence and in-text referencing). (15%)It has been determined that, a drug policy is a deliberate system of principles bygovernment, based on the control & regulation of drugs that is considered harmful, specially tothose who are addictive (Dejman, Vameghi and Fazeli, 2015). Government imposed policies thataddress both supply & demand of drugs, also that reduce the harms of drug abuse. Further, drugreduction protocol involve fines for drug crime. Apart from this, policies that help to reduce drugabuse include needle exchange program that enables drug user to mitigate risk factor. It has beendiscovered that, approximate 15% of Australians are users of illicit drug. Alcohol is consideredas the most common drug misused by school aged children, also it has been determined thatAustralian children from age of 12 to 16 years take in alcohol & put themselves at risk with 12months. As a result, their families are becoming worried that their children are relying on drugs.However, the more likely occurring problem to any young people's health is the usage of legaldrugs like alcohol & tobacco (Grant and Graham, 2015). A Balanced ApproachDemand ReductionSupply ReductionHarm ReductionRefers to efforts made bygovernment to reducedesire for illegal & illicitdrugs. Prevent the intakedrugs; reducing the misuseof alcohol, tobacco andThis policy refers to aneffective tool for drugsupply reduction becausewhen drugs become costlyand difficult to acquire thenthere are less drug user. ThisThis refers to principles,policies and practices thataim to mitigate the dangerrelated with the use of drugsin people. Further, itreduces the harmful health,1
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