大麻捐赠作为减少危害的策略:一个案例研究
Sarah E Duhart Clarke1, Grant Victor2, Pamela Lynch3
1RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, 27709, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. sduhartclarke@rti.org.
Harm reduction journal
|March 6, 2024
概括
大麻捐赠计划可以成为美国可行的减少危害的战略,提供一种辅助方法来减轻更危险物质的危害. 本案例研究探讨了这样一个计划在密歇根州农村地区的后勤和潜在好处.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药物使用障碍 药物使用障碍
- 减少伤害 减少伤害
背景情况:
- 美国面临高剂量过量死亡率,需要有效的减少危害策略.
- 根据加拿大研究,通过减少伤害机构捐赠大麻被探索为一种减轻更危险药物的伤害的方法.
- 本案例研究检查了密歇根州农村减少伤害环境中的大麻捐赠计划.
研究的目的:
- 描述大麻捐赠计划的运营物流,可行性和潜在好处.
- 收集关于大麻捐赠工作的实施和演变的危害减轻工作人员的见解.
- 分析比较大麻销售和捐赠的行政数据.
主要方法:
- 采用了社区驱动的研究方法,涉及减少危害计划工作人员的采访.
- 分析了商业大麻公司20个月 (2021年9月至2023年5月) 的行政数据.
- 十名客户接受了大麻捐赠,临床工作人员评估了适当性并促进了分发.
主要成果:
- 可食用,油和局部大麻产品在捐赠中占主导地位,与有利于花的销售不同.
- 捐款仅占参与大麻公司总毛销售额的1%.
- 该计划为十名客户提供大麻,临床工作人员管理分销.
结论:
- 大麻捐赠在美国显示出作为减少危害策略的潜力,但可持续性取决于州法律.
- 这是美国首个案例研究,记录大麻捐赠作为减少伤害的做法.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解个体结果,公共卫生影响,法律方面和最佳实践.
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