Stark M M
Forensic Medical Examiner, South London, UK.
J R Soc Med. 1994 Oct;87(10):584-7. doi: 10.1177/014107689408701005.
Police surgeons are increasingly being asked by the police to assess whether drug misusers held in police custody are fit to be detained and fit for interview. There has been little published on how they manage these questions, furthermore the management appears to vary in different parts of the country. This study sets out to determine the attitudes and practise of police surgeons to the management of drug misusers in police custody. A questionnaire was sent to the full members of the Association of Police Surgeons of Great Britain (APSGB) in March 1993. It was found that police surgeons are very aware of the increasing drug problem, indeed 76% reported that they were seeing an increasing number of drug misusers. However, they exhibit significantly negative attitudes to drug misusers and there is no common practice for prescribing controlled drugs. Fifty-two per cent said that on average they notified no drug misusers each month. Seventy-six per cent of respondents said they had received a hepatitis B immunization. The majority of respondents called for more training on drug problems. Therefore, there is an urgent need for specific guidelines for police surgeons on the management of drug misusers in police custody to address the arbitrary nature of the current practice.
警方外科医生越来越多地被警方要求评估被警方拘留的药物滥用者是否适合被拘留以及是否适合接受讯问。关于他们如何处理这些问题的报道很少，此外，不同地区的处理方式似乎有所不同。本研究旨在确定警方外科医生对被警方拘留的药物滥用者管理的态度和做法。1993年3月，向英国警察外科医生协会（APSGB）的全体成员发送了一份调查问卷。结果发现，警方外科医生非常清楚日益严重的毒品问题，实际上76%的人报告说他们看到的药物滥用者数量在增加。然而，他们对药物滥用者表现出明显的负面态度，而且在开具管制药物方面没有统一的做法。52%的人表示，他们平均每月没有通报任何药物滥用者。76%的受访者表示他们接种了乙肝疫苗。大多数受访者呼吁接受更多关于毒品问题的培训。因此，迫切需要为警方外科医生制定关于被警方拘留的药物滥用者管理的具体指导方针，以解决当前做法的随意性。
