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Reawakening the dragon: changing patterns of opiate use in Asia, with particular emphasis on China's Yunnan province
(Réveiller le dragon : étude des changements des types d'usage des opiacés en Asie et une observation plus particulière de la région de Yunnan en Chine)
Auteur(s) :
Mc COY, C. B. ;
Mc COY, H. V. ;
LAI, S. ;
YU, Z. ;
WANG, X. ;
MENG, J.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
49-69
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
OPIACES
;
CONSOMMATION
;
HEROINE
;
COMPARAISON
;
TYPE D'USAGE
;
EVOLUTION
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
Thésaurus géographique
ASIE
;
CHINE
;
INDE
;
THAILANDE
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2001, 36, (1/2), 49-69
Résumé :
Asian countries adjacent to the Golden Triangle and their neighbors have witnessed an evolution in "drug abuse" from traditional opium smoking to heroin eating, smoking, and finally heroin injection. A recent study of 630 heroin users was conducted in China's Yunnan Province, located close to the Golden Triangle. Data collected between August 1997 and February 1998 indicate injecting heroin users, in comparison to noninjectors, were more likely to have used drugs for a longer period of time, and to use drugs more frequently everyday. Other major differences existed between urban and rural subjects, especially highlighting differences between men and women. Women comprised a much higher proportion of urban subjects than rural subjects. Rural injectors were much more likely to be male, but urban injectors were almost evenly split between men and women. The emerging epidemic of heroin use in China and the continuing substance abuse problem in the United States provide an opportunity for collaborative research of mutual benefit. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Univ. Miami Sch. Med., Dept Epidemiol. Public Hlth, 1801 N. W. 9th Ave., Miami, FL 33136.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.