Refocusing drug-related law enforcement to address harms

This report describes the findings of a project conducted by the UK Drug Policy Commission that seeks to consider how an explicit refocusing of drug law enforcement on the reduction of drug-related harms could deliver a real impact on the drug-related harms experienced by individuals and communities. More specifically, it seeks to:

• Identify and promote, to enforcement agencies, policymakers, politicians and the general public, the contribution that drug-related enforcement activity (including drug law enforcement) can make to reducing drug harms, and
• Develop a framework for considering different enforcement activities from a harmreduction perspective. This could provide a basis for analysing and developing policy and practice, performance measurement, cost-benefit analysis and evaluation at both local and national levels.