ANTH106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Harm Reduction, Depressant
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* bombarded with messages of good and bad drug use. * sorts of drugs we use changes and trends change. * a lot of new drugs and new technologies fuel this. * australian the leaders of harm minimisation- needles supple, drug education 1984. * 84% of goes money towards customs and legal system, prison, court. * 10% goes towards education, prevention and treatment. * reason for over dosing: lacking tolerance to the drug, another drug inside his system (depressant, alcohol) and legal situation people don"t do it publicly where people cant see them. * in the eyes of society he died as a criminal.