摘要：

Injecting drug use is strongly associated with severe health problems in drug users, including bloodborne infections (e.g. HIV/AIDS, hepatitis) and overdose. According to the annual report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), published on 10 November, the latest data from treatment monitoring are encouraging, showing a stable to downward trend in drug injecting. Among heroin users entering treatment, a decline in the proportion of injectors was reported in 13 countries between 2002 and 2007. The latest data show that under half (42%) of those entering treatment for primary opioid use in Europe report 'usually injecting' their drug, while the proportion for those entering for the first time is lower (38%) [1].

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