Lua Ahai Chang, Lin Huei Ru, Tseng Yong Te, Hu An Ren, Yeh Pei Chi
Department of Medical Technology, Tzu Chi University, 701 Section 3, Chung Yan Road, Hualien 970, Taiwan.
Forensic Sci Int. 2003 Sep 9;136(1-3):47-51. doi: 10.1016/s0379-0738(03)00261-5.
Drug abuse patterns are different due to cultural, social and geographical differences. Methamphetamine (MA) is the most important drug of abuse in Taiwan followed by opiates. Recently, there has been an increase of ketamine and MDMA abuse in disco dancing clubs. Here, we report the patterns of drug abuse by the participants in a metropolitan city disco-dancing club and the general public in Taiwan. The positive rates of common drugs of abuse detected in samples collected from participants in a dancing club were as follows: MDMA, 75.7%; ketamine, 47.0%; MA, 41.6%; opiates, 0%. Marijuana and cocaine were detected at much lower rates (3.4 and 4.7%, respectively). Ketamine and one of the amphetamines were detected together in 42.9% of the samples. The positive rates in samples collected from police detainees suspected of drug abuse in the general public were as follows: MA, 76.0%; OPA, 37.0%; MDMA, 6.0%; ketamine, 2.0%.
由于文化、社会和地理差异，药物滥用模式各不相同。甲基苯丙胺（MA）是台湾最重要的滥用药物，其次是阿片类药物。最近，在迪斯科舞厅中氯胺酮和摇头丸的滥用有所增加。在此，我们报告了台湾一个大都市迪斯科舞厅参与者和普通公众的药物滥用模式。从一个舞蹈俱乐部参与者采集的样本中检测出的常见滥用药物阳性率如下：摇头丸，75.7%；氯胺酮，47.0%；甲基苯丙胺，41.6%；阿片类药物，0%。大麻和可卡因的检出率要低得多（分别为3.4%和4.7%）。42.9%的样本中同时检测出氯胺酮和一种苯丙胺类药物。从普通公众中涉嫌药物滥用的警察拘留者采集的样本中的阳性率如下：甲基苯丙胺，76.0%；鸦片，37.0%；摇头丸，6.0%；氯胺酮，2.0%。
