El impacto negativo de la guerra a las drogas en la salud pública: El lado oculto de la epidemia de hepatitis C

En este informe, la Comisión Global sobre Políticas de Drogas llama a la descriminalización del uso de drogas y a establecer soluciones probadas y basadas en la ciencia para reducer la Hepatitis C – incluyendo acceso a jeringuillas estériles, facilidades para la inyección segura y prescipción de programas de sustitución con opiáceos. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

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A hepatitis C epidemic fuelled by the “war on drugs” is sweeping amongst injecting drug users globally, says a new landmark report released today by the Global Commission on Drug Policy. Of the 16 million people who inject drugs around the world, an estimated 10 million are living with hepatitis C. The report, entitled The Negative Impact of the War on Drugs on Public Health: The Hidden Hepatitis C Epidemic, condemns the drug war as a failure and recommends immediate, major reforms of the global drug prohibition regime to halt the spread of hepatitis C infection and other drug war harms.

The launch of the report happens in advance of next week´s 23rd International Harm Reduction Conference, taking place in Vilnius, Lithuania. Nearby Eastern Europe end Central Asia are home to the fastest growing hepatitis C and HIV epidemics and are largely being driven by injecting drug use.

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