Historique
Chapitre
The amphetamine-type stimulants epidemic in Thailand: a case study of the treatment, student, and wage laborer populations
(L'épidémie de stimulants de type amphétamines en Thaïlande : une étude de cas sur les populations en traitement, les étudiants et les salariés)
in :
Auteur(s) :
POSHYACHINDA, V. ;
PERNGPARN, U. ;
DANTHAMRONGKULL, V.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
388-407
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Bethesda, MD : NIDA
Refs biblio. :
14
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
STIMULANTS
;
AMPHETAMINE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
;
ADMISSION
;
MILIEU ETUDIANT
;
JEUNE ADULTE
;
MILIEU PROFESSIONNEL
;
SEXE
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
TYPE D'USAGE
;
HISTOIRE
;
ILS
;
CONSOMMATION
;
TRAITEMENT
;
SAISIE
Thésaurus géographique
THAILANDE
Résumé :
Drug abuse indicators point to a dramatic increase in the production, distribution, and abuse of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) in Thailand. The first stimulant abuse epidemic occurred in the late 1970s, concurrent with the second wave of a heroin epidemic. Since then, local manufacturing of ATS has increased dramatically, with methamphetamine, ephedrine, and caffeine being common ingredients in A TS tablets. As indicated by law enforcement statistics, the ATS retail market has expanded extensively, and women older than 40 are assuming a progressively greater role in the retail distribution of ATS. Among the treatment population, heroin admissions declined from 90.8 percent of the total in 1995 to 55.8 percent in 1999, with a reciprocal increase in ATS admissions from 1.2 to 30.4 percent during the same time period. In 1999, ATS users accounted for 57.4 percent of new treatment admissions. Students have constituted an ever growing proportion of treatment admissions, accounting for almost 24 percent of the 1999 admissions, and are more likely than wage laborer admissions to have initiated drug use before age 20. School surveys show high and increasing levels of ATS use among students. Most A TS abusers are male, but the number of female users is increasing. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Drug Dependence Research Centre, Institute of Health Research, Chulalongkorn Univ., Institute 2 Building, Chula Soi 62, Phyathai Road, Bangkok 10330.
Thailande. Thailand.
Thailande. Thailand.