The Ethics and Effectiveness of Coerced Treatment of People who Use Drugs  

Oleh:

Stevens, Alex

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Human Rights and Drugs Volume 2 Number 1, page 7-15.
Topik: narcotic drugs
Fulltext: 002 - Alex Stevens.pdf (153.27KB)

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In the context of international debates about ways to reduce the harms related to the use of illicit drugs and their control, this article explores the specif?c issue of coerced treatment of people who use drugs. It uses established standards of human rights and medical ethics to judge whether it is ethical to apply either of two types of coerced treatment (compulsory treatment and quasi-compulsory treatment, or QCT) to any of three groups of drug users (non-problematic users, dependent drug users and drug dependent offenders). It argues that compulsory treatment is not ethical for any group, as it breaches the standard of informed consent. Quasi-compulsory treatment (i.e. treatment that is offered as an alternative to a punishment that is itself ethically justi?ed) may be ethical (underspeci?ed conditions) for drug dependent offenders who are facing a more restrictive penal sanction, but is not ethical for other people who use drugs. The article also brie?y reviews evidence which suggests that QCT may be as effective as voluntary treatment.

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