ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Jaruwan Limsajjasakul

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Narcotics use and glue sniffing in the upper north,B.E. 2527-2544

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of Health Science, Vol. 12 No. 2, April-June 2003, P. 304

รายละเอียด / Details:

Narcotics can destroyed a nation. The Royal Thai Government try to prevent tackle the problems intensively without apparent success. Several factors including limited information contributed to this failure. In order top establish a narcotic epidemiological pattern in the upper north the researchers compiled all narcotics analytical record of laboratory examination of urine and samples of the Regional Medical Sciences Center Chiang Mai requested by control authorities from B.E. 2527 to 2544. The results revealed that the number of urine samples increased progressively. The narcotics profile could be divided into 2 phases. First phase (B.E. 2527-2534) : Heroin Era; general people and hill tribes predominantly were in-volved in the problems. There were some requests for glue analysis once the government launched an Emergency Degree on controlling the use of volatile substances B.E. 2533. No request for tetrahydrocannabinoids analysis during this phase. An implementation of test kits were very limit. Therefore positive cases in a confirmation process were low. Second phase (B.E. 2535-2544): Amphetamines Era; at the beginning of this phase the major substance found was amphetamine and then met amphetamine emerged in B.E. 2537 and dominated the scenario ever since. Drug abusers also shifted from drivers to school children college students and blue-collar workers. There were some requests for tetrahydrocannabinoids analysis. Once all kind of test kits were well applied positive confirmation rate was relatively high. It was clearly shown that the narcotics problems are dynamic in terms of substances used and abusers. It is suggested that an effective operating procedure good practice of drug testing urine sample handling and operating procedure for narcotics analysis should be standardized and well established. As such the information system will be enhanced and more reliable

Keywords: narcotics, amphetamine, heroin, drug abuse, drug, glue sniffing, standard operating, upper north

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2003

Address: Health Technical Office, Ministry of Public Health.

Code: 0000117

ISSN/ISBN: 0858-4923

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

Download: -