Public Health #20: Decriminalising, Not Legalising

Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Prof Dato' Dr Adeeba Binti Kamarulzaman, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya | Assoc Prof Dr Rusdi Abd Rashid, Consultant Psychiatrist, Universiti Malaya

10-Jul-19 16:00

Public Health #20: Decriminalising, Not Legalising

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Recently, Minister of Health Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad announced that the government is looking at policy changes towards the decriminalisation of drug use and addiction. Two experts from Universiti Malaya – Prof Dato' Dr Adeeba Binti Kamarulzaman, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Assoc Prof Dr Rusdi Abd Rashid, Consultant Psychiatrist – join us to discuss what is a rational public health approach to dealing with the drug use problem.

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Tags: Bigger Picture, Health and Living, drug abuse, addict, heroin, harm reduction, trafficking, death penalty,

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