Historique
Article de Périodique
Tilting at windmills and the evidence base on injecting drug use. The art of medicine (2010)
Auteur(s) :
PISANI E.
Année
2010
Page(s) :
226-227
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
4
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Résumé :
After reading through many of the 500 or so papers on harm reduction in drug users listed in the PubMed database, it's hard not to conclude that researchers are really bad at understanding the evidence base. Paper after paper begins its introduction with a homily about the need for evidence-based policies. Paper after paper concludes with a stirring call for policies that deliver what the research promises: lower rates of HIV, blood-borne infections, mental illness, and social disruption for places that are bold enough to give drug users easy access to sterile injecting equipment, opioid substitution therapy, cognitive therapy, and the other lesser jewels in the harm reduction crown. So says the science. So say we, the high priests of evidence-based policy. [Extract]