2022
Investigación realizada gracias a la subvención concedida por el Ministerio de Derechos Sociales y Agenda 2030 con cargo a la asignación tributaria del Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas
The general objective of the programme is to analyse the social reality in the field of drug addiction. Episteme’s experience in generating knowledge in this area has been demonstrated through the implementation of various research studies, particularly “Opiates in Spain”, which has brought to the table the emergence of new phenomena and needs.
The programme “Processes of empowerment and access to rights in (semi-)hidden drug-dependent populations” is a research project aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of social and health resources and assessing the impact of public policies in the field of drug addiction. This programme is part of the grants announced by the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 for entities that carry out activities of general interest considered to be of social interest, charged to the IRPF tax allocation in the 2021 call for grants.
The study consists of ethnographic research based on 344 interviews, 292 interviews with people from hidden drug-dependent populations and 52 interviews with professionals from care resources. The programme will be carried out in seven Autonomous Communities, ensuring a wide scope and coverage of the most populated areas.
Among the most pressing empirical needs, the study addresses the defragmentation of the profile of heroin and other opioid users, the need to know the psychosocial processes and sociocultural mechanisms of (semi-) hidden populations, the need to incorporate the gender perspective in social and health care resources, the need to make progress in the destigmatisation of the drug-dependent population and the lack of protocols and knowledge for the care of (semi-) hidden drug-dependent populations. The study includes testimonies of different profiles in order to get to know and describe realities that have been little studied so far: elderly drug addicts, unaccompanied foreign minors, ethnic minorities, drug addicted women, drug addicts with minors in their care and people from the raver environment.
The direct participation of the population under study and the professionals of the care resources allows us to go deeper into a changing reality and to offer suggestions for improvement from the perspective of social research.
Episteme’s commitment to applied research and social utility is part of an exercise to provide knowledge for the improvement of public policies in the field of intervention and to adapt social and health care in the field of drug dependence to a changing reality.
Harm reduction, drug dependence, heroin, gender perspective.
Implementation of the practical guide for the evaluation of local addiction...