The first solution to help combat drug abuse at Australian music festivals is educating the music festival volunteers/staff members as well as the attendees on the different types of drugs that is out there, how to properly consume it and its effect on the human body.
Major organizations that aid in providing public health include the environmental health practitioners (EHP), local government authorities (LGA) as well as volunteer organizations which provide volunteering staff members at music festivals. Their aim is providing more evidence and information on the matter to give a healthy and safe outlook as well as the safety of attendees of outdoor music festivals (Earl. 2006).
The second solution introduced by Margaret Pereira (2013) is …show more content…
He believes that the information a pill test can perform is not plausible enough to provide the right information to the drug user (News. 2016).
The idea of pill testing is already being implemented in European festivals. Events in Amsterdam display signs that inform which items a safe to consume and which to stay away from. A vote was taken by 10 000 festival attendees with 83% support the idea of implementing drug testing at Australian music festivals (MusicFeeds. 2016).
The fourth solution is enforcing sniffers dogs and amnesty bins. Sniffer dogs are a commonly implemented solution which has provided some effect on reducing the smuggling of drugs in an event. However, people tend to get intimidated and fear getting caught so they act rash and either dispose of the drugs or consume them.
Amnesty bins is great idea to be implemented at music festivals. They allow attendees to safely dispose of drugs when they see sniffer dogs. This can be done without police involvement so attendees can be relieved knowing they won’t be prosecuted (MusicFeeds. …show more content…
According to ‘Alcohol and Drug Foundation’ website (2013), the Australian Drug Law Reform Party (DLRP) wish to legalize the production and selling of drugs instead of supporting the harm reduction policy mentioned previously, because they believe it will benefit the Australian government. They believe that this method will reduce crime as well as health, economic and social costs. The party aims to end this war on drugs in Australia. This is due to being compared to the USA and their war on drugs.
If apprehended for drug use or drug distribution in the US, the average assailant is exposed to harsh consequences, severe prosecution and prolonged jail time sentences, while no form of rehabilitation to aid in eliminating their addiction. However, the party wishes that the Australian policy should see try a different approach compared to their friends overseas. They believe that rehabilitation programs, community based needle swaps is far more appropriate than simply prosecuting and locking the drug user up, because it safely allows the prosecuted to rehabilitate in a safe environment and in their own
Major organizations that aid in providing public health include the environmental health practitioners (EHP), local government authorities (LGA) as well as volunteer organizations which provide volunteering staff members at music festivals. Their aim is providing more evidence and information on the matter to give a healthy and safe outlook as well as the safety of attendees of outdoor music festivals (Earl. 2006).
The second solution introduced by Margaret Pereira (2013) is …show more content…
He believes that the information a pill test can perform is not plausible enough to provide the right information to the drug user (News. 2016).
The idea of pill testing is already being implemented in European festivals. Events in Amsterdam display signs that inform which items a safe to consume and which to stay away from. A vote was taken by 10 000 festival attendees with 83% support the idea of implementing drug testing at Australian music festivals (MusicFeeds. 2016).
The fourth solution is enforcing sniffers dogs and amnesty bins. Sniffer dogs are a commonly implemented solution which has provided some effect on reducing the smuggling of drugs in an event. However, people tend to get intimidated and fear getting caught so they act rash and either dispose of the drugs or consume them.
Amnesty bins is great idea to be implemented at music festivals. They allow attendees to safely dispose of drugs when they see sniffer dogs. This can be done without police involvement so attendees can be relieved knowing they won’t be prosecuted (MusicFeeds. …show more content…
According to ‘Alcohol and Drug Foundation’ website (2013), the Australian Drug Law Reform Party (DLRP) wish to legalize the production and selling of drugs instead of supporting the harm reduction policy mentioned previously, because they believe it will benefit the Australian government. They believe that this method will reduce crime as well as health, economic and social costs. The party aims to end this war on drugs in Australia. This is due to being compared to the USA and their war on drugs.
If apprehended for drug use or drug distribution in the US, the average assailant is exposed to harsh consequences, severe prosecution and prolonged jail time sentences, while no form of rehabilitation to aid in eliminating their addiction. However, the party wishes that the Australian policy should see try a different approach compared to their friends overseas. They believe that rehabilitation programs, community based needle swaps is far more appropriate than simply prosecuting and locking the drug user up, because it safely allows the prosecuted to rehabilitate in a safe environment and in their own