Policy Practise Assignment 2022

Running head: POLICY PRACTICE
Policy Practice
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Background of National Drug Strategy (NDS) Australia..........................................................3
Principles of National Drug Strategy (NDS) Australia:.............................................................4
Issue drivers of the policy:.........................................................................................................4
Media portray of the policy:.......................................................................................................5
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Background of National Drug Strategy (NDS) Australia
In order to build safe and healthy community, by lowering the drug and other
substance abuse is the main aim behind formulating National Drug Strategy (NDS) Australia.
National Drug Strategy is one of the famous drug abuse prevention strategies in Australia,
which intends to identify the national policies related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
abuse. This frame is guided by the ministry of health at Australia by making partnership with
that of the health and social care service providers. In the year 2015, the policy was informed
by that of the national consultation process as the response of online survey feedback along
with the stakeholder’s forum (National Drug Strategy. 2019). It is worthy to note in this
context that the consultation was not too much valuable in the way of shaping the priorities
for the sake of implementing the strategy.
However, this consultation was highly admirable by the government of Australia of
that time which is the key of strengthening their commitment towards hard minimisation.
Thus, it can be said that such consultation process has played a critical role in underpinning
the national drug policy approach. It has been reported that the rate of people, suffering from
Alcohol abuse was increasing in a rapid manner, the rate of which gas become more than
80% (Dertadian 2019). This was considered as one of the most alarming issues of that time,
which has resulted as drug, alcohol and other substance abuse can have affect the social,
emotional, behavioural and psychological state of mind of the human being. Thus, in order to
mitigate the issue promptly, the ministry of health of Australia has developed this strategy.
One of the most significant matters of consideration in this context is that this policy intends
to build safe and healthy community reducing the drug-related harms such as health, social,
cultural and economic harms and harm to the community and individual people (National
Drug Strategy 2017–2026. 2019).
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