"它将变得相当尖":利益相关者对四大支柱药物战略 (功能障碍) 的观点
Alissa Greer1, Naomi Zakimi1, Alison Ritter2
1School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University drive, Burnaby, BC V5A1S6, Canada.
The International journal on drug policy
|July 21, 2024
概括
温哥华的四大支柱药物战略,尽管其寿命长,但与凝聚力作斗争. 该研究发现,这种框架往往会造成竞争和分裂,质疑其对统一毒品政策目标的有效性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
- 药物使用干预措施.
- 社会科学研究 社会科学研究
背景情况:
- 药物战略指导药物相关问题的干预.
- 一个"支柱"的方法结构努力在不同的领域,如执法,减少伤害,治疗和预防.
- 20多年来,加拿大温哥华一直在利用四个支柱的毒品战略.
研究的目的:
- 检查毒品政策利益相关者对温哥华四大支柱毒品战略的结构,功能和相关性的观点.
- 评估建立的框架的凝聚力,平衡性和整体有效性.
主要方法:
- 在温哥华,与15名毒品政策利益相关者进行了定性访谈.
- 分析的重点是关于努力的"平衡",凝聚力的运作和四柱架构的持续适用性的观点.
主要成果:
- 这四个独立的支柱并没有促进凝聚力或合作.
- 利益相关者报告说,在战略中存在竞争,冲突,碎片化和化的感觉.
- 框架的架构被认为是实现共同目标的结构性功能障碍.
结论:
- 通常使用的四支柱药物战略框架在实践中可能是无效的.
- 该研究表明,需要重新评估和潜在地重新设计支柱架构,以更好地整合政策.
- 调查结果质疑严格结构化的,细分化的毒品政策方法的长期有效性.
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