Titre : | The crack report |
Auteurs : | Turning Point |
Type de document : | Rapport |
Editeur : | Turning Point, 2005 |
Format : | 28 p. / ill. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | TRA (Traitement et prise en charge / Treatment and care) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés COCAINE ; CRACK ; TYPE D'USAGE ; TRAITEMENT ; ACCES AUX SOINS ; JUSTICE ; OBLIGATION DE SOINSThésaurus géographique ROYAUME-UNI |
Résumé : | Crack is transforming drug use in the UK. This poses growing health and social care challenges, which undermine family and community life. Since 2001, crack use has been more widespread than heroin use. The most recent statistics (British Crime Survey, 2003/04) suggest that there are up to 79,000 crack users compared to an estimated 64,000 heroin users. More worryingly, there are twice as many crack users as heroin users amongst vulnerable young groups (Home Office, 2005). Despite these shifting patterns of drug use, treatment provision in the UK is still largely targeted at heroin users. There are 84,000 primary heroin users in treatment: twelve times the number of primary crack users in treatment (7,200). The relatively small number of crack users in treatment almost certainly reflects the limited availability and accessibility of crack treatment services rather than the scale of problematic use. Current treatment services effectively marginalize tens of thousands of crack users, with serious consequences. The Government has made some effort to understand the issue, but without urgent action we face an escalation of the crack problem and a continued growth in the number of crack users in future generations. Turning Points experience tells us that crack misuse can be successfully treated; but that treatment needs to be more widely available across the country both within the community and the criminal justice system. (Extract of the publication) |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 6 |
Affiliation : | London, UK |
Numéro Toxibase : | 208763 |
Centre Emetteur : | 02 Coordonnateur |
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