National alcohol strategy 2000-2003
In a formal sense, the National Alcohol Strategy sits under the New Zealand Health Strategy and the National Drug Policy. The New Zealand Health Strategy sets the platform for change and identifies key priority areas, the National Drug Policy sets out the Government's commitment to minimise all drug related harm; and identifies various priority areas and desired outcomes towards this end.
The National Alcohol Strategy is more specific: it develops a set of strategies by which to achieve the alcohol-related targets that are listed in the National Drug Policy. In other words, The New Zealand Health Strategy sets the focus, the National Drug Policy tells us where we want to get to, while the National Alcohol Strategy is a more detailed road map of how to get there for alcohol.
The overall goal of the National Alcohol Strategy is to help minimise alcohol-related harm to individuals, family/whanau, the community, and
