A investigation of the public health effects of retail heroin markets from a consumer perspective

从消费者角度调查海洛因零售市场对公共卫生的影响

• 批准号: nhmrc : 116203
• 负责人: Dr Greg Rumbold
• 金额: $ 12.61万
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: NHMRC Project Grants
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2000-01-01 至 2001-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/investigation-public-health-consumer-perspective/100858
• 关键词: investigation; public; health; effects; retail

The health problems associated with heroin use within our community are a major public health issue. Within the past decade there has been an increase in heroin-related deaths and evidence of the continuing spread of hepatitis C among individuals who inject heroin. Within this period there have been substantial changes in the heroin market in Australia, with street prices decreasing and purity increasing and we have witnessed the emergence of street markets in a number of major cities. The aim of the proposed research is to improve our understanding of the retail heroin market (that part of the market which is accessed by heroin users) by examining how the consumers (heroin users) use this market. The project will examine the relationship between the heroin market and the health problems associated with heroin use including dependence. The research will be conducted at 6 sites within metropolitan Melbourne which have been chosen on the basis that they have established street markets and high levels of non-fatal and fatal overdose. At each site interviews and surveys will be conducted with injecting drug users and others with knowledge of the local market and detailed observations will be made of street markets in each of these areas. This information will be combined with indicators of purity of heroin seized by police, fatal and non fatal-overdoses, police operations and arrests, and needle-syringe distribution and return. The information gathered in this research will be used to develop an understanding of the retail heroin market as a consumer market place and the impact of the market upon the health status of the individuals who use this market. The knowledge that we gain from this research will provide the foundation for developing more effective approaches to reducing the health problems associated with heroin use and for predicting the impact of changes in the market such as a reduction in price upon these problems.

在我们的社区中，与吸食海洛因有关的健康问题是一个重大的公共卫生问题。在过去十年中，与海洛因有关的死亡人数有所增加，有证据表明丙型肝炎在注射海洛因的个人中继续传播。在此期间，澳大利亚的海洛因市场发生了重大变化，街头价格下降，纯度上升，我们看到一些大城市出现了街头市场。拟议研究的目的是通过研究消费者(海洛因使用者)如何使用这个市场来增进我们对零售海洛因市场(海洛因吸毒者进入的那部分市场)的了解。该项目将审查海洛因市场与与海洛因使用有关的健康问题，包括成瘾问题之间的关系。这项研究将在墨尔本大都市内的6个地点进行，这些地点的选择是基于它们已经建立了街头市场，并且非致命和致命过量的水平很高。在每个地点，将对注射吸毒者和其他了解当地市场的人进行访谈和调查，并对每个地区的街头市场进行详细观察。这些信息将与警方缴获的海洛因纯度、致命性和非致命性过量、警方的行动和逮捕以及针头注射器的分发和返还的指标结合在一起。在这项研究中收集的信息将被用来发展对零售海洛因市场作为消费市场的理解，以及该市场对使用这一市场的个人健康状况的影响。我们从这项研究中获得的知识将为制定更有效的办法减少与海洛因使用有关的健康问题以及预测市场变化对这些问题的影响提供基础，例如价格下降。