Brime Beteta Begoña, Llorens Aleixandre Noelia, López Sánchez Luisa María, León Muñoz Luz María, Domínguez Lázaro Alberto Manuel
Spanish Observatory of Drugs and Addictions (OEDA). Government Office for the National Plan on Drugs. Ministry of Health.
External expert of the Spanish Observatory of Drugs and Addictions (OEDA).
Rev Esp Sanid Penit. 2025 Jan-Apr;27(1):25-34. doi: 10.18176/resp.00102.
In February and March 2022, the Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs completed the fourth edition of the survey on the prison population (men and women over 18 years of age) in 78 Spanish prisons.
The aim of this survey was to obtain data on socio-demographic characteristics, health, drug use, high-risk practices and treatment for drug use in the prison population in Spain, the aim being to gather useful information to develop and evaluate programs and interventions aimed at preventing and reducing drug use and associated problems in this population.
A face-to-face personal interview was carried out using a digitalized, anonymous and pre-coded questionnaire (available in Spanish and Arabic) with 5,512 inmates.
The study reveals that the prevalence of drug use when entering prison decreases for all drugs; this decrease is most striking in alcohol and cocaine use. A downward trend in the prevalence of use in prison was observed for most illegal drugs. Cannabis, which is the most widely used illegal drug, shows a clear downward trend, with its use falling to one third of what it was in 2006.
The study leads us to conclude that preventive and treatment measures are optimal tools that should continue to be oriented towards the characteristics and profile of this population, which requires a multidisciplinary approach and coordination by the agents and institutions involved. A prison sentence is an opportunity to improve the health of the prison population and to carry out prevention and treatment programs. Work should continue to be done to reduce drug use and the associated risks and problems.
2022年2月和3月，国家毒品计划政府代表团完成了对西班牙78所监狱中监狱人口（18岁以上男性和女性）的第四次调查。
本次调查的目的是获取有关西班牙监狱人口的社会人口特征、健康状况、药物使用、高风险行为以及药物使用治疗的数据，旨在收集有用信息，以制定和评估旨在预防和减少该人群药物使用及相关问题的项目和干预措施。
使用数字化、匿名且预先编码的问卷（有西班牙语和阿拉伯语版本）对5512名囚犯进行了面对面的个人访谈。
研究表明，入狱时各类毒品的使用流行率均有所下降；酒精和可卡因使用的下降最为显著。大多数非法药物在监狱中的使用流行率呈下降趋势。大麻是使用最广泛的非法药物，其使用呈明显下降趋势，降至2006年的三分之一。
该研究使我们得出结论，预防和治疗措施是最佳工具，应继续针对该人群的特征和概况，这需要多学科方法以及相关机构和人员的协调。监禁是改善监狱人口健康以及开展预防和治疗项目的契机。应继续努力减少药物使用及相关风险和问题。
