薬物政策と公共の利益:効果的な介入の証拠
John Strang1, Thomas Babor, Jonathan Caulkins
1King's College London, National Addiction Centre, London, UK. john.strang@kcl.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|January 10, 2012
まとめ
科学的な証拠は,公衆の害を減らすために薬物政策を導くことができます. 証拠に基づいた介入は,薬剤の利用可能性,市場暴力,医薬品の誤用,薬物使用の結果を効果的に減少させます.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- クリミノロジー 犯罪学
- 保健政策 保健政策 保健政策
背景:
- 薬物政策に関する議論には,科学的な証拠が欠けていることが多い.
- 違法薬物の使用は,公衆に重大な害をもたらします.
- 既存の介入は,薬物関連の問題を緩和する見込みを示しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 薬物政策介入に関する科学的証拠をレビューする.
- 証拠に基づいた戦略の実施の影響について概要を述べる.
- 科学が政策決定を導く機会を強調する.
主な方法:
- 薬物政策介入に関する既存の研究を体系的にレビューする.
- 薬物利用可能性,市場暴力,医薬品の乱用,薬物使用を対象とした介入に関する証拠の分析.
- より広範な介入の実施による潜在的な影響の評価.
主要な成果:
- 証拠に基づいた介入は,薬物利用率と市場での暴力を減らすことができます.
- 医薬品の乱用を軽減し,若者の薬物使用を防止するための戦略が存在しています.
- 介入は,既定の薬物使用者の間で薬物使用とその影響を減らすことができます.
結論:
- 科学的証拠は,薬物政策に関する議論を大きく左右する.
- 特定された介入の完全な実施は,公共の利益を最大化することができます.
- 政策決定は,公共の価値を考慮しながらも,科学的洞察によって導かれることができます.
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