
台灣基進花蓮縣議員參選人孟繁嘉批評台北市長蔣萬安以「毒流」等說法質疑減害政策,指出清潔針具與美沙冬替代治療自2005年起已預防超過1.3萬例HIV感染並節省龐大醫療成本,強調污名化將使藥癮者不敢求醫,呼籲將政策討論拉回理性軌道。
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台灣自2005年因海洛因共用針具引發愛滋大爆發後,推動清潔針具與美沙冬替代治療作為減害政策。據疾管署引用台大公衛學院研究,2005至2020年間此兩項措施預防了13664名靜脈藥癮者感染HIV,花費210億元,節省高達4041億元醫療支出。
台北市長蔣萬安近日接連以「毒流」、「模糊毒品跟藥物的界線」等說法質疑減害政策。從事社工近二十年、長期在東部投入藥癮減害與愛滋服務的台灣基進花蓮縣議員參選人孟繁嘉今日痛批,萬安拿藥癮者操作選戰,將政治凌駕公衛,呼籲蔣萬安停止以選舉語言污名化減害政策,抹煞無數公衛與社工人員在基層苦撐編織的社會安全網。
孟繁嘉指出,台灣自2005年因海洛因共用針具引發愛滋大爆發後,便痛定思痛推動清潔針具與美沙冬替代治療。據疾管署引用的台大公衛學院研究,兩項措施在2005至2020年間,預防了13664名靜脈藥癮者感染HIV,花費210億元,節省高達4041億元醫療支出。她表示,這是醫師、公衛人員、藥師、司法警政人員與民間團體,二十年來一個個社區溝通才建立起來的防疫堡壘,絕對不屬於任何一個政黨的政治提款機。
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針對蔣萬安主張「美沙冬跟毒品針頭施打不一樣」、「醫療單位跟社區中心不一樣」,孟繁嘉直言,這兩條界線在實務上根本不成立,更凸顯了政治人物對基層現況的無知。美沙冬本身就是鴉片類藥物,在法律上列為第二級毒品,替代治療的原理,正是在監督下提供管制藥物,讓使用者脫離街頭的海洛因與共用針具。
孟繁嘉以花東第一線的社區照顧經驗為例,指出清潔針具與減害服務的據點,本來就必須深入社區的藥局、衛生所與民間團體,因為真正需要求助的邊緣群體,根本不敢自己走進大醫院。在資源相對匱乏的花蓮,民間團體始終走在政府前面,例如「主愛之家」從早期自籌到成為獲中央肯定的藥癮治療性社區;露德協會在花蓮成立的「洄瀾居所」,更針對多元性別社群與藥癮家庭,提供不批判的減害支持團體。這些社區中心用務實的陪伴,接住了那些被排斥在體制外的生命,這才是預防復發的最強防線。
孟繁嘉批評,蔣萬安身為現任市長,台北市的清潔針具發放與美沙冬轉介,目前就是由他的市政府在執行;他在2021年擔任立委時,更曾提案強化美沙冬替代治療與戒治資源。一個支持過、且其轄下正在執行減害政策的首長,如今為了選舉,竟把同一套科學觀念扭曲成「毒流」,令人極度遺憾。
孟繁嘉強調,減害措施要不要再往前推進可以拿客觀證據來討論,但「貼標籤」絕對不是討論。第一線工作者最擔心的就是污名化,藥癮者因為怕被看見而不敢走進服務站,藥局因為怕鄰居抗議而不願設點。每一次政治人物把減害說成「縱容吸毒」,這些恐懼就再加深一層,把個案逼回暗處,最後承擔惡果的,是無助的家屬以及整個社會的防疫網。呼籲政治人物把政策討論拉回理性軌道,讓戒癮治療回歸專業。
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蔣萬安將在未來一週內就其減害政策言論進行澄清或修飾,以減輕政治反彈。
Likely · Within weeks
台灣基進及其他進步團體將在未來選舉期間持續將減害政策議題化,以對抗污名化敘事。
Very likely · Within months

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