Ashery R S, Carlson R G, Falck R S, Siegal H A
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Community Research Branch, Rockville.
Soc Work. 1995 Jan;40(1):75-82.
Estimates of the number of people addicted to heroin and cocaine run into the millions. How these drug abusers interact with the social services system is not well understood. To gain insight into the nature and extent of such interactions, an exploratory study was conducted to gather information on the perceptions and utilization of human services by 44 drug abusers not in treatment. Twenty-nine injection drug users and 15 crack-cocaine users participated in focus group sessions and structured interviews. Participants were recruited by indigenous outreach workers in Dayton and Columbus, Ohio. Findings revealed a very high rate of service use by the drug users. The results raise questions about the role and efficacy of the social services system in identifying drug users and addressing their needs. In addition, the findings raise perplexing questions regarding the effectiveness of acquired immune deficiency syndrome risk-reduction efforts among injection drug users and crack-cocaine users.
据估计，对海洛因和可卡因上瘾的人数达数百万。这些药物滥用者如何与社会服务系统相互作用，目前还不太清楚。为了深入了解此类相互作用的性质和程度，开展了一项探索性研究，以收集44名未接受治疗的药物滥用者对人类服务的看法和使用情况的信息。29名注射吸毒者和15名快克可卡因使用者参加了焦点小组会议和结构化访谈。参与者由俄亥俄州代顿市和哥伦布市的当地外联工作人员招募。研究结果显示，吸毒者使用服务的比例非常高。这些结果引发了关于社会服务系统在识别吸毒者和满足其需求方面的作用和效力的问题。此外，研究结果还引发了关于注射吸毒者和快克可卡因使用者中减少获得性免疫缺陷综合征风险努力的有效性的令人困惑的问题。
