Voici les résultats de l'étude Prim Inject auquel Psychoactif avait participé.
En français, les conclusions :
En comparaison avec les usagers de drogues qui se sont injecté pour la première fois avant 1995, les aspects de l'utilisation des drogues pour les utilisateurs qui ont récemment injecté pour la première fois ont été les suivants: (1) l'expérimentation de drogues diverses avant la première injection, (2) un âge plus avancé au moment de la première injection, (3) l'
héroïne comme le médicament de choix pour la première injection, malgré l'utilisation accrue de drogues stimulantes; (4) la BHD ne semble pas être une voie vers l'injection, et (5) une augmentation nombre d'usagers qui s'injectent leur première fois seul, sans l'aide ou la présence d'une autre personne.
L'abstract en anglais :
Background: Monitoring of emerging modes of drug consumption in France has identified new patterns of injection among youths with diverse social backgrounds, which may explain the persistence of high rates of hepatitis C virus infection. The circumstances surrounding the first injection have been poorly documented in the group of heavy drug users and in the context of the French opioid
substitution treatment (OST) policy that provides expanded access to high-dosage
buprenorphine (BHD)
Methods: An Internet survey (Priminject) was conducted from October 2010 to March 2011 with French drug users. Four time periods were compared based on critical dates throughout the implementation of the Harm Reduction Policy in France.
Results: Compared with drug users who injected for the first time prior to 1995, the aspects of drug use for users who recently injected for the first time were as follows: (1) experimentation with miscellaneous drugs before the first injection; (2) an older age at the time of first injection; (3) heroin as the drug of choice for an individual’s first injection, notwithstanding the increased usage of stimulant drugs; (4) BHD did not appear to be a pathway to injection; and (5) an increased number of users who injected their first time alone, without the help or presence of another individual.
Conclusion: The PrimInject study showed that there is a group of injection drug users that is larger than the group of injection drug users observed in previous studies; therefore, it is necessary to diversify programs to reach the entire spectrum of high-risk users.
Pour l'étude compléte :
Priminject_DAD.pdf