Robertson J R
Br J Addict. 1989 Apr;84(4):377-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb00580.x.
Despite several decades of contact between health workers and drug misusers and recent publicity aimed at increasing the use of this contact to control HIV infection, there remains a persistent belief that control of drug taking is possible either by medical intervention with substitute drugs or provision of facilities to detoxify those addicted. This paper describes, in the absence of a cure or control for drug abuse, the role of the primary care physician in preventing illness and promoting less damaging drug use among drug users and their social, sexual and domestic contacts. Extensive involvement with family and non-statutory workers is seen as the best way to understand the pressures and dangers to which individual patients are exposed.
尽管卫生工作者与药物滥用者之间已有数十年的接触，且近期开展了旨在更多利用这种接触来控制艾滋病毒感染的宣传活动，但人们仍然坚信，要么通过使用替代药物进行医学干预，要么提供设施帮助成瘾者戒毒，就能够控制吸毒行为。本文描述了在无法治愈或控制药物滥用的情况下，初级保健医生在预防疾病以及促使吸毒者及其社会、性和家庭接触者减少有害药物使用方面所发挥的作用。广泛与家庭和非法定工作人员合作被视为了解个体患者所面临压力和危险的最佳方式。
