Lenton Simon, Bevan Jude, Lamond Tania
National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
Subst Use Misuse. 2006;41(6-7):845-64. doi: 10.1080/10826080600668746.
Where authorized access to needles and syringes from exchanges and pharmacies is limited, secondary exchange (SE) can provide an important source of sterile injecting equipment. Interventions can be developed to use SE to facilitate needle and syringe exchange programs to reach a wider population of drug injectors. Yet in a context such as Western Australia, where needles and syringes are available to drug injectors from many authorized sources, the added benefit of SE is unknown. This review of data and literature conducted in October 2003 shows potential benefits but also concerns about undermining vulnerable public and political support for authorized needle provision schemes that has been nurtured and supported over a number of years.
在从针具交换点和药店获取针头和注射器的授权途径有限的情况下，二次交换（SE）可以提供无菌注射设备的重要来源。可以制定干预措施，利用二次交换来促进针头和注射器交换计划，以覆盖更广泛的药物注射者群体。然而，在西澳大利亚这样的环境中，药物注射者可以从许多授权来源获得针头和注射器，二次交换的额外益处尚不清楚。2003年10月进行的这项数据和文献综述显示了潜在的益处，但也有人担心这会削弱多年来培育和支持的针对弱势群体的公众和政治对授权针头供应计划的支持。
