The NDMP seems to be a cut and paste of it’s predecessor, the 2012- 16 NDMP. The present policy document seems to have been rushed through parliament to coincide with international Crime Day in June 2013. Maybe electioneering has something to do with the speed at which the document was published. From what we can understand, the only major changes are in fact to alcohol policy. Foetal Alcohol Syndrome is a problem among alchohol addicts which this document tries to address.
Remember: This is a policy document. It’s not the law. Kind of like a Govt wish list.

Download the National Drug Master Plan here:

National Drug Master Plan_2013 to 2017