The use of illicit drugs has become a widespread phenomenon in Australia since the late 1960s. In response，the Australian Government launched the National Drug Strategy as a new overarching policy framework in 1993. With “harm minimization” as its main principle，the National Drug Strategy aims at tackling Australia’s drug problems from the following three interrelated pillars：demand reduction，supply reduction and harm reduction. While this new “harm minimization” policy has helped to alleviate，to certain extent，the drug problem in the country，recent statistics however has shown that the total number of illicit drug users in Australia remained unchanged over the last decade. This outcome implies that a more holistic approach which incorporates government agencies，experts and the general public is needed to truly minimize the harm that drug usage causes among individuals，families and communities.