Sentence examples for adopted harm from inspiring English sources

In 1985 Australia adopted "harm minimisation" as our official national drug policy and this more flexible approach helped Australia to keep HIV under control.

When Australia adopted harm minimisation in 1985, both the term and the concept were novel in other countries and in the UN system.

Every dollar spent on methadone treatment is estimated to save $7. Five Labor and three Conservative governments adopted harm minimisation as Australia's official national drug policy on 2 April 1985 and every Commonwealth, state and territory government since then has implemented harm minimisation programmes.

They are also potentially dangerous for millions of people living in countries that haven't adopted harm-reduction policies and where drug use is still heavily penalized.

In response to this reality, more countries are adopting harm reduction every year.

One of the items raised and approved at the drug summit, along with a raft of other decisions, was a proposal to adopt "harm minimisation" as Australia's official national drug policy.

After years of sitting around and waiting for an assortment of political play dates and promises, campaigners are optimistic that the National Drug Policy 2015 indicates New Zealand's government may be adopting harm reduction as a serious target.

(Likewise, after evaluating the cigarette companies' internal documents and public positions on snus [a form of moist snuff tobacco in a pouch popular in Sweden] as "harm reduction" in Europe, Gilmore et al found that they were entering the snus market and adopting "harm reduction" rhetoric to protect their cigarette business as long as possible).

The warning, from Paul Koretz, a Democrat who represents West Hollywood and parts of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, came in a letter last week to 185 producers and publishers of pornographic material, advising sex performers to adopt "harm-reduction procedures" like using condoms or face the chance that the Legislature will "exercise its authority to mandate more stringent actions".

Kyrgyzstan has been slow to adopt harm-reduction strategies when it comes to heroin addiction, but in 1997 a pilot program was started, and a full program that included needle exchanges was launched in 2000.

Key informants also noted that existing cessation programs were "too cessation-focused" and emphasized the importance of adopting harm-reduction approaches, specifically reducing consumption, when working with this population.