Harm minimisation : zero tolerance and beyond : the politics of illicit drugs in Australia

Edited by Philip Mendes and James Rowe
Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Pearson Education, 2004

ISBN: 1741032199

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Book description
Harm Minimisation analyses the political factors and forces that determine governmental illicit drug policies and considers alternative structural perspectives while examining the harm reduction/zero tolerance divide. In its first section Harm Minimisation case studies various contemporary Australian drug debates and in its second section areas such as women and drug use, the social inclusion/exclusion of drug users in local communities, and a progressive Christian position on harm minimisation are discussed.

About the author
Dr. Philip Mendes is a senior lecturer in social policy and community development in the Social Work department. He is the author of Australia's Welfare Wars (2003).

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