SOCIO-MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS OF INJECTING DRUG USE IN ROMANIA
SOCIO-MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS OF INJECTING DRUG USE IN ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: The phenomenon of injecting drug use is becoming more and more present in our country. With a relatively recent history, the socio-medical implications on the communities of injecting drug users in Romania end up being more and more highlighted. The risks of exposure to HIV or hepatitis infection are directly proportional to the lack of sterile disposable syringes in these communities. The lack of legal mechanisms meant to facilitate the access of injecting drug users to prevention services and continuous monitoring, make most of them vulnerable to exposure to risks. Fear of some coercive measures from the authorities pushes more and more drug users not to declare the combinations of substances they inject. Most of the users arrive late at health facilities refusing methadone substitution treatment. The stakeholders in the field are most often represented by non-governmental organizations, which, however, are outnumbered by the phenomenon. The prevention of drug use, although it can represent a solution, is carried out poorly and has a limited character.

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