Reducing harm


The shift towards the policy of ‘harm reduction’ in controlling drug addiction problems may be more effective in curbing the drug problem.

MALAYSIAN drug policy has been, and still is, predominantly enforcement-based, and is loosely related to the moral “social evils” model. This means that our approach so far has been to ostracise and incarcerate persons who use drugs.

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