Willingness to use a drug consumption room among people who use drugs in Lyon, France, a city with no open scene of drug use (the TRABOUL survey)

• Main Authors: Mathieu Chappuy (Author), Philippe Lack (Author), Baptiste David (Author), Gilles Penavayre (Author), Damien Thabourey (Author), Maira Landulpho (Author), Anthony Plasse (Author), Christophe Icard (Author), François Bailly (Author), Faroudja Boutahra (Author), Pierre Pradat (Author), Marianne Maynard (Author), Marie Jauffret-Roustide (Author), Julia de Ternay (Author), Benjamin Rolland (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 10.1186/s12954-023-00887-7; 1477-7517
• Keywords: Drug consumption rooms; Harm reduction; People who use drugs; Opioids; France; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Harm Reduction Journal, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)

Abstract Background Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) have been developed in cities with open drug scenes, with the aim to reduce drug-related harm. In Lyon, France's second-largest city, there is no distinct drug use area, which raised doubts regarding the need for a DCR. Methods We conducted a face-to-face survey of 264 people who use drugs (PWUDs), recruited in harm reduction or addiction treatment centers, in the streets or in squats. We assess their willingness to use a DCR, and we collected sociodemographic and medical features. Bivariable comparisons and analyses adjusted for sociodemographic parameters explored the association between willing to use a DCR and other variables, thus providing crude (ORs) and adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results In total, 193 (73.1%) PWUDs accepted to participate (mean age 38.5 ± 9.3 years; 80.3% men). Among them, 64.2% declared willing to use a DCR. Being treatment-seeker (aOR 0.20, 95% CI [0.08-0.51]; p < 0.001) and not living alone (aOR 0.29; 95% CI [0.10-0.86], p = 0.025) were negatively associated with willing to use a DCR. By contrast, receiving precarity social insurance (aOR 4.12; 95% CI [1.86-9.14], p < 0.001), being seropositive for hepatitis C (aOR 3.60; 95% CI [1.20-10.84], p = 0.022), being cannabis user (aOR 2.45; 95% CI [1.01-5.99], p = 0.049), and reporting previous problems with residents (aOR 5.99; 95% CI [2.16-16.58], p < 0.001) or with the police (aOR = 4.85; 95% CI [1.43-16.39], p = 0.011) were positively associated. Conclusions PWUDs, especially the most precarious ones, largely supported the opening of a DCR in Lyon, a city with no open drug scene.