Sentences with phrase «much harm drugs»

The committee recommends the issues of criminality and how much harm a drug causes be completely separated, with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), which advises ministers on classification, focusing primarily on its clinical and social effects.

Not exact matches

The drugs are still there, and people are still using them just as much if not more than before, but the safety net that offered some hope of harm reduction has been torched in the name of prohibition.

Writing in a linked Comment, Gino Vumbaca from Harm Reduction Australia, said: «Evidence on the effectiveness of compulsory and voluntary drug dependence treatment in the Asian region has been scarce and this study is a much needed addition to the evidence base that is required to inform policy making... The present study provides solid evidence in support of urgent need to expand availability of and access to evidence based voluntary drug dependence treatment approaches to all whom are affected by drug dependence.

So this is a situation where the implications of harm reduction are greatly different and much easier to achieve than an all - out war on drugs.

It is therefore much better and wiser to improve lifestyle and go on plant - based unrefined diet including barley fibre (beta - glucan), oat bran, garlic, onion, ground flax seed, pulses, alfalfa, karela, nettle, niacin, l - arginine, lecithin, etc. and use other natural remedies which are equally or even more effective in lowering blood glucose and bad cholesterol as drugs yet without causing any harm.

Much of the film concerns the chain - smoking Coupland's seemingly bizarre methods in dealing with his subjects, including keeping them drugged and locked away where they can't do any harm to themselves or others, though they always seem to still find a way.