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Article de Périodique
Addressing the syndemic of HIV, hepatitis C, overdose, and COVID-19 among people who use drugs: The potential roles for decriminalization and safe supply (2020)
Auteur(s) :
M. BONN ;
A. PALAYEW ;
S. BARTLETT ;
T. D. BROTHERS ;
N. TOUESNARD ;
M. TYNDALL
Article en page(s) :
556-560
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus géographique
CANADA
Thésaurus mots-clés
EPIDEMIE
;
VIH
;
HEPATITE
;
USAGER
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
PRISE EN CHARGE
;
DECRIMINALISATION
;
DISTRIBUTION CONTROLEE
;
SANS ABRI
;
OPIOIDES
Note générale :
Commentaries:
- Use without consequences? Carroll K.M., p. 561.
- Putting the horse before the unicorn: A safe supply strategy should begin with partial agonists. Del Pozo B., Rawson R.A., p. 562-563.
- Unsafe supply: Why making controlled prescription drugs available for unsupervised use will not target the syndemic of HIV, hepatitis C, overdose, and COVID-19. Lembke A., p. 564-565.
- Use without consequences? Carroll K.M., p. 561.
- Putting the horse before the unicorn: A safe supply strategy should begin with partial agonists. Del Pozo B., Rawson R.A., p. 562-563.
- Unsafe supply: Why making controlled prescription drugs available for unsupervised use will not target the syndemic of HIV, hepatitis C, overdose, and COVID-19. Lembke A., p. 564-565.
Résumé :
People who use drugs (PWUD) face concurrent public health emergencies from overdoses, HIV, hepatitis C, and COVID-19, leading to an unprecedented syndemic. Responses to PWUD that go beyond treatment - such as decriminalization and providing a safe supply of pharmaceutical-grade drugs - could reduce impacts of this syndemic. Solutions already implemented for COVID-19, such as emergency safe-supply prescribing and providing housing to people experiencing homelessness, must be sustained once COVID-19 is contained. This pandemic is not only a public health crisis but also a chance to develop and maintain equitable and sustainable solutions to the harms associated with the criminalization of drug use.
Affiliation :
Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada