Historique
Périodique
The public health and social impacts of drug market enforcement : A review of the evidence
(Les conséquences sociales et en terme de santé publique des politiques répressives concernant le marché de la drogue : une revue des constats)
Année
2005
Page(s) :
210-220
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
150
Domaine :
Drogues illicites
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
;
AUSTRALIE
;
ETATS-UNIS
;
CANADA
Thésaurus mots-clés
REPRESSION
;
POLICE
;
POLITIQUE
;
EFFICACITE
;
EVALUATION
;
SANTE PUBLIQUE
;
SOCIAL
Note générale :
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2005, 16, (4), 210-220
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The primary response to the harms associated with illicit injection drug use in most settings has involved intensifying law enforcement in an effort to limit the supply and use of drugs. Policing approaches have been increasingly applied within illicit drug markets since the 1980s despite limited scientific confirmation of their efficacy. On the contrary, a growing body of research indicates that these approaches have substantial potential to produce harmful health and social impacts, including disrupting the provision of health care to injection drug users (IDU), increasing risk behaviour associated with infectious disease transmission and overdose, and exposing previously unaffected communities to the harms associated illicit with drug use. There are, however, alternatives to traditional targeted enforcement approaches that may have substantially less potential for negative health and social consequences and greater potential for net community benefit. Some of these approaches involve modifying policing practices, fostering partnerships between policing and public health agencies, and developing systems to monitor policing practices. Other alternatives involve the provision of harm reduction services, such as safer injecting facilities, that help to minimize drug-related harms, and addiction treatment services which ultimately help to reduce the demand for illicit drugs. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
British Columbia Ctr. Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospit., Burrard St, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Canada. Canada.
Canada. Canada.