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Economic analysis of public policies for controlling heroin use
(Analyse économique des politiques publiques pour le contrôle de l'usage d'héroïne)
Auteur(s) :
CLARKE, H.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
234-252
Langue(s) :
Français
Refs biblio. :
43
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ECONOMIE
;
SANTE PUBLIQUE
;
MODELE
;
THEORIE
;
HEROINE
;
POLITIQUE
;
PRIX
;
DIFFUSION DES PRODUITS
;
STRUCTURE DE PROXIMITE
;
METHADONE
;
PREVENTION
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
COUT
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
DEMANDE
Note générale :
Australian Economic Papers, 2003, 42, (2), 234-252
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Policies for controlling heroin use are surveyed. Motivations for harm minimisation and abstinence policies are derived. Pursuing abstinence alone using supply-oriented policies increases heroin prices possibly creating social harm. Pursuing harm minimisation alone reduces user costs that compromise drug abstinence objectives. These tradeoffs between policy objectives are examined for a number of proposed policies including (i) the public provision of heroin to addicts, (ii) the use of safe injecting rooms, (iii) methadone programs and (iv) drug use prevention policies. Coupling legal sanctions that impact specifically on new users with harm minimisation policies, enables relaxation of some policy tradeoffs but penalises a class of users who impose low social costs.
Affiliation :
School of Business, La Trobe Univ., VIC 3086. Email : h.clarke@latrobe.edu.au
Australie. Australia.
Australie. Australia.
Cote :
A02913