ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Catherine Pilley, Usaneya Pernwakidviree

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Introduction to Drug use and Treatments in Thailand

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of Health Science, Vol. 7 No. 2 April-June 1998, P 276-283

รายละเอียด / Details:

This paper reviews research concerned with drug use and treatment in Thailand. It was found that there have been three major pieces of legislation in the 20th Century concerning the control of drugs-: Thailand Act of B.E. 2502 which banned opium, Thailand Act of B.E. 2518 which principally ratified the International Convention of Psychotropic Substances, and Thailand Act of B.E. 2539 which rescheduled amphetamine to Class 1. Of those using drugs in Thailand, the majority in treatment, use heroin. However, the last year has seen a large increase in those seeking help for amphetamine use. Drug treatment ranges from herbal medicine to current developments in the use of methadone. The rehabilitation of ex-drug users is less developed than detoxification services. Very few centers exist Of those which do exist, most favor a therapeutic community approach to rehabilitation. HIV is a major factor in the drug using community with around 33% in some treatment centers testing positive. Research has tended to focus on patterns of drug use. Evaluation studies remain relatively undeveloped which leads. perhaps to a weakness in overall knowledge. English Keyword: Introduction to Drug use and Treatments in Thailand

Keywords: amphetamine, drug abuse, treatment, methadone

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 1998

Address: Institute of Medical Seinces Research, Chulalongkorn University.

Code: 0000193

ISSN/ISBN: 0858-4923

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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