421) The Major Changes in The 1990s Substance Abuse Scenario in Asean Countries
Author: Vichai Poshyachinda, M.D.
Vipa Danthamrongkul. M.S.
Usaneya Perngparn, M.A.
Year: 1998
Source: Journal of The Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 43 No.2 April-June 1998
Information and data from Meetings of Asean Senior Officials on Drug Matters and the macro statistics of the drug dependence treatment population database of the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand in the 1990s were used to illustrate the major changes of opiate and stimulant abuse scenarios. Statistics of confiscated opium and heroin from the Golden Triangle indicated that the supply most likely remained stable. While statistics of new heroin user treatment cases in Thailand declined, the propo...