ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2014
Attitudes of North Carolina law enforcement officers toward syringe decriminalization.
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- Police discretion in encounters with people who use drugs: operationalizing the theory of planned behavior.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
- Accessing Medical Care After a Needlestick Injury: First Responders' Perception of HIV Risk and Attitudes Toward Syringe Service Programs.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Addressing Police Occupational Safety During an Opioid Crisis: The Syringe Threat and Injury Correlates (STIC) Score.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2020Article
- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guidelines for harm reduction.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2020Article
- Rural risk environments for hepatitis c among young adults in appalachian kentucky.The International journal on drug policy · 2019Article
- Confronting the opioid epidemic: public opinion toward the expansion of treatment services in Virginia.Health & justice · 2019Article
- Bias Against People Who Inject Drugs Undermines Police Training on Needlestick Injury.American journal of public health · 2019Article
- Factors associated with extrajudicial arrest for syringe possession: results of a department-wide survey of municipal police in Tijuana, Mexico.BMC international health and human rights · 2018Article
- Syringe Decriminalization Advocacy in Red States: Lessons from the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2018Review
- Occupational Safety in the Age of the Opioid Crisis: Needle Stick Injury among Baltimore Police.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2017Article
- Prevalence and correlates of needle-stick injuries among active duty police officers in Tijuana, Mexico.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundNorth Carolina, like much of the U.S. South, is disproportionately affected by HIV and hepatitis. This persistently high disease burden may be driven in part by laws that criminalize the possession and distribution of syringes for illicit drug use. Legal change to decriminalize syringes may reduce infection rates in the state, but is unlikely absent support from law enforcement actors.
methodsWe analyzed the responses of 350 North Carolina law enforcement officers to a confidential, anonymous survey. The survey instrument collected data regarding self-reported needle-stick injury (NSI), blood borne disease risk perception and attitudes toward syringe decriminalization.
results82% of respondents reported that contracting HIV was a "big concern" for them. 3.8% of respondents reported ever receiving a job-related NSI, a rate of 36 NSI per 10,000 officer-years. Majorities of respondents reported positive views regarding syringe decriminalization, with approximately 63% agreeing that it would be "good for the community" and 60% agreeing that it would be "good for law enforcement." Black and female officers were significantly less likely to agree that on-the-job NSI was a "big concern" and significantly more likely to agree that it would be good for law enforcement.
conclusionsThese findings suggest that many North Carolina LEOs understand the public health benefits of syringe access programs and may be inclined to support syringe decriminalization legislation. Further research is indicated to determine the causes of observed differences in perceptions of bloodborne disease risk and attitudes toward syringe decriminalization by race and sex.
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