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Article de Périodique
The Sydney injecting centre - assessing the evidence-base (2011)
Auteur(s) :
CHRISTIAN, G.
Année
2011
Page(s) :
6 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
AUSTRALIE
Thésaurus mots-clés
DONNEE PROBANTE
;
STRUCTURE DE PROXIMITE
;
EVALUATION
;
SURDOSE
;
REVENDEUR
;
SECURITE SANITAIRE
Résumé :
The Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) opened May 6 2001, and a number of government-funded evaluations released between 2003 and 2008 are examined. Findings of this analysis of the data are that the injecting centre, over its initial 18 month evaluation period, failed to statistically save one life and had an overdose rate at least 36 times higher than drug user overdose rates in its immediate vicinity. This and other later evaluations indicate the centre had a very low rate of utilization, had poor referral rates to treatment and detox, did not positively alter behaviours associated with elevated risk of blood-borne diseases and adversely affected the public amenity of the Kings Cross area of Sydney in which the centre is situated. Other data suggests that the injecting centre may increase drug use.
Affiliation :
Drug Free Australia
Australie
Australie