Lutte contre la syndémique du VIH, de l'hépatite C, des overdoses et du COVID-19 chez les personnes usagères de drogues : le rôle de la décriminalisation et d’un qpprovisionnement fiable

Bonn et al. appellent à des réponses efficaces, en particulier l’urgence d’un approvisionnement fiable et d’opportunités de logement, ainsi que des efforts pour remédier auc risques liés à la criminalisation et à la prohibition. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

By Bonn et al.

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 the 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 apublic health crisis but also a chance to develop and maintain equitable and sustainable solutions to the harms associated with the criminalization of drug use. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 81, 556–560, 2020)