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A self\u2011complete survey was posted to home or workplace addresses. The views of all nurses registered in the ACT were sought.<br \/>\nSubjects: The study sample (n = 1,605: 50% response rate), was predominantly comprised of nurses working outside specialist drug and alcohol fields (94%), with a small group from specialist fields.<br \/>\nMain outcome measures: A 6\u2011point Likert scale comprising 7 items (illicit drug treatments). Comparison with the Australian population was achieved through use of the National Drug Strategy Household Survey database.<br \/>\nResults: Nurses mirrored the views of the Australian population, being strongly supportive of two abstinence\u2011based measures (naltrexone for the maintenance of abstinence \u2013 82% and rapid detoxification therapy \u2011 77%) and one harm reduction measure (the needle and syringe program \u2013 76%). Nurses\u2019 lower support for the methadone maintenance program (66%) was statistically significant.<br \/>\nConclusions: Nurses reported high approval for the needle and syringe program but were mistakenly optimistic about abstinence\u2011based measures for problems associated with illicit drugs. They reported significantly less support for important harm reduction measures \u2011 the methadone maintenance program and safe injection rooms. Nurses\u2019 low approval rating for these harm reduction measures is at odds with the evidence. This study highlights the need for education on the evidence base for the various illicit drug treatments.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rosemary Ford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>illicit drugs, nurse, education, harm reduction, abstinence<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: An analysis of nurses\u2019 views of harm reduction measures and other treatments for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[4866,4865,4864,3945],"class_list":["post-7580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-abstinence","tag-harm-reduction","tag-illicit-drugs","tag-nurse","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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