Reducing Substance Abuse Problems: Youth Abstinence Policies are Superior to Harm Reduction Policies.

SUMMARY: Australian youth harm minimisation drug policies increased substance use and harm and were inferior to American abstinence polices. When Australia adopted abstinence polices, substance use and harm reduced

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