The prohibition against Australians using illicit drugs is ineffective, but still imposes a high burden on government revenues and indirectly contributes (because of its ineffectiveness) to additional costs paid by Australian households. These are the claims of those who argue for a change in policy in Australia towards illicit drugs and their use. How much does present policy cost the Australian taxpayer? To what extent does the ineffectiveness of the law in preventing illicit drug use indirectly add to costs paid by Australian households? This paper describes an attempt to estimate the costs falling on users and non-users of illicit drugs, including costs of the criminal-justice system, the social-welfare system, the health-care system, c...
Producing and implementing credible and effective policies on illicit drug use is generally seen as ...
Contemporary Australian drug policy is characterized by a tension between punitive law and order res...
This paper outlines the major policy challenges in reducing cannabis-related harm in Australia. The ...
The prohibition against Australians using illicit drugs is ineffective, but still imposes a high bur...
The purpose of this paper is to measure the costs of drug prohibition in Australia and to examine th...
A notable feature of Australian drug policy is the limited public and professional attention given t...
Asking \u27What are the likely costs and benefits of a change in Australia\u27s current policy on il...
ECONOMISTS are utilitarians, in that their criterion for judging policy changes is that net social b...
Since 1988 a number of public figures in Australia have argued that prohibitions on the use of canna...
© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Globally, there are increasing concerns about the harms associated with methamp...
The relationship between alcohol, illicit drugs and offending is complex and dynamic. Substance misu...
It is well documented that alcohol-related problems compromise individual and social health, and wel...
In recent decades the range and patterns of opioids used for extra-medical purposes have changed. Th...
Tabled in 1977, this was the first comprehensive government report on drugs in Australia. In ...
Australia’s ‘tough on drugs’ policy has failed to significantly reduce domestic drug markets or conf...
Producing and implementing credible and effective policies on illicit drug use is generally seen as ...
Contemporary Australian drug policy is characterized by a tension between punitive law and order res...
This paper outlines the major policy challenges in reducing cannabis-related harm in Australia. The ...
The prohibition against Australians using illicit drugs is ineffective, but still imposes a high bur...
The purpose of this paper is to measure the costs of drug prohibition in Australia and to examine th...
A notable feature of Australian drug policy is the limited public and professional attention given t...
Asking \u27What are the likely costs and benefits of a change in Australia\u27s current policy on il...
ECONOMISTS are utilitarians, in that their criterion for judging policy changes is that net social b...
Since 1988 a number of public figures in Australia have argued that prohibitions on the use of canna...
© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Globally, there are increasing concerns about the harms associated with methamp...
The relationship between alcohol, illicit drugs and offending is complex and dynamic. Substance misu...
It is well documented that alcohol-related problems compromise individual and social health, and wel...
In recent decades the range and patterns of opioids used for extra-medical purposes have changed. Th...
Tabled in 1977, this was the first comprehensive government report on drugs in Australia. In ...
Australia’s ‘tough on drugs’ policy has failed to significantly reduce domestic drug markets or conf...
Producing and implementing credible and effective policies on illicit drug use is generally seen as ...
Contemporary Australian drug policy is characterized by a tension between punitive law and order res...
This paper outlines the major policy challenges in reducing cannabis-related harm in Australia. The ...