drugs

Harm minimisation strategy is to aim low and lose*

No meaningful discussion can take place on drug policy unless all parties understand the three levels of prevention in public-health principles when dealing with an epidemic – be it influenza, measles, smallpox, zika virus, cholera, dengue fever, Ebola or drugs.

The three levels of prevention are Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. Arguably the greatest failure of Primary prevention occurred during the 1918 influenza pandemic when somewhere between 20 and 50 …

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