A social policy whose aim is to reduce the harm to a population from continued use of a psychoactive substance by members of that population.
This entity is defined in terms of the aims of a policy rather than its effect. It is distinguished from harm reduction behaviour. It includes attempting to get people to reduce their use of the substance, change their pattern of use, change the type or formulation of the substance they consume. Note that the substance does not just include the psychoactive drug; it can include whole commodities such as tobacco.
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