
台北市長選戰中,國民黨發言人李彥秀因稱社工會在社區發放毒品引發社工界強烈不滿,衛福部長石崇良再度澄清減害政策內容,強調社工是重要角色且不會發放毒品,尊重理性表達意見權利。
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針對注射毒癮者共用針具導致愛滋疫情上升,臺灣自93年起推行毒品減害政策,以清潔針具、維持治療、衛教諮詢為主要策略,以降低感染風險並引導進入醫療體系。
台北市長選戰意外捲入毒品減害論戰,李彥秀更因「社工發毒品」相關言論引爆社工怒火。衛福部長石崇良強調,近期許多政治口水讓減害政策被曲解,衛福部再度重申,社工是毒品減害政策中的重要角色,也絕不會在社區發毒品,但民主社會尊重團體、個人理性表達意見的權利,「我們尊重」。
近期藍營對毒品減害措施相關問題發言不斷,蔣萬安競選團隊發言人李彥秀在國民黨反毒集會上稱,「以後社工人員會在社區提供吸毒的人毒品、毒藥來治癮」,再度引爆社工界怒火,要求李彥秀為抹黑社工專業道歉,但李彥秀迄今仍未為相關發言道歉,台北市社工工會今日因此赴李彥秀服務處抗議。
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此外,今日國民黨立委陳菁徽擔任立法院衛環委員會召委,並安排毒品減害政策專案報告,邀請石崇良等相關官員進行說明,遭外界質疑是「私設刑堂」,利用立院職權進行選舉操作。
對此石崇良表示,近期的政治口水讓減害政策受到非常多的曲解,他會利用立法院的專案報告機會,向大眾說明清楚減害政策的內容與作為、成效,也希望民眾繼續支持現行在國際上成功的減害政策。
石崇良也強調,社工是毒品減害政策中的重要角色,肩負個案關懷、家庭支持、社會資源連結與復歸等重要職責,絕對不會在社區發放毒品,對於政治人物的相關發言,民主社會給予團體、個人理性表達意見的權利,衛福部尊重。
衛福部指出,我國因應93年起國內注射毒癮者(IDU)共用注射器具造成愛滋疫情快速上升,疾管署參考國際減害策略,以清潔針具、維持治療、衛教諮詢服務等3大減害策略,降低共用注射針具的感染風險,此後愛滋疫情明顯下降,94年新通報愛滋感染者中IDU佔比曾高達72%,去年已下降至1.7%。
此外,衛福部強調,減害並非鼓勵或合理化毒品使用,而是在個案尚未停止使用毒品的階段,先降低其感染風險與健康、社會的危害,並引導個案進入醫療體系,逐步銜接毒癮治療、心理支持與社會復原服務,維持治療是高風險毒癮者進入醫療體系的重要入口。
衛福部說明,國內研究顯示,穩定接受美沙冬治療超過1年者,整體死亡風險約降低33%,全職就業比例從48.3%提升至69%,顯示持續治療與較佳的就業及社會功能相關,衛福部也提供各級毒品毒癮醫療費用補助,降低民眾接受治療的經濟障礙,我國毒品施用人數也從106年的6萬285人減少為4萬7630人。
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台北市社工工會將持續抗議直到李彥秀公開道歉為止
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衛福部將在立法院專案報告中進一步強調減害政策的科學依據與成效
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