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  • Drug Policy

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  • Supervised injecting facilities (SIFs) are proven to reduce harm for people who inject drugs.
  • SIFs often face significant public and media scrutiny.
  • Understanding population attitudes towards SIFs is crucial for policy development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore Australian population attitudes towards supervised injecting facilities (SIFs).
  • To analyze how these attitudes have changed over time (2001-2019).
  • To identify sociodemographic factors influencing SIF attitudes.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey (2001-2019).
  • Employed ordinal and binary logistic regression to analyze attitudes, trends, and sociodemographic correlates.
  • Assessed changes in support, opposition, and ambivalence towards SIFs.

Main Results:

  • In 2019, 54% supported SIFs, 27.5% opposed, and 18.4% were ambivalent.
  • Support correlated with higher education, non-heterosexual identity, and recent illicit drug use.
  • Opposition decreased by 11.7% between 2001-2019, while support rose 3.3% and ambivalence by 7.4%.

Conclusions:

  • Public opposition to SIFs has declined over two decades in Australia.
  • A notable portion of the population remains ambivalent or uninformed about SIFs.
  • Targeted public information campaigns could enhance acceptance of SIFs.