McKetin Rebecca, Kozel Nicholas, Douglas Jeremy, Ali Robert, Vicknasingam Balasingam, Lund Johannes, Li Jih-Heng
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2008 May;27(3):220-8. doi: 10.1080/09595230801923710.
Southeast and East Asia has become a global hub for methamphetamine production and trafficking over the past decade. This paper describes the rise of methamphetamine supply and to what extent use of the drug is occurring in the region.
The current review uses data collected through the Drug Abuse Information Network for Asia and the Pacific (DAINAP) and other available sources to analyse retrospectively methamphetamine trends within Southeast and East Asia.
Southeast and East Asia has experienced a methamphetamine epidemic in the past decade which began around 1997 and peaked in 2000-2001. While the situation has since stabilised in many countries, methamphetamine trafficking and use are still increasing in parts of the Mekong region and there is evidence of large-scale manufacture in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Methamphetamine is typically smoked or ingested, but injection of the drug is apparent.
While the peak of the methamphetamine epidemic has passed in parts of Southeast and East Asia, attention is needed to minimise the potential consequences of spreading methamphetamine production, trafficking and use in the Mekong region and in the peninsular and archipelago of Southeast Asia.
在过去十年间，东南亚和东亚已成为甲基苯丙胺生产与贩运的全球中心。本文描述了甲基苯丙胺供应的增长情况以及该地区药物使用的程度。
本次综述利用通过亚太药物滥用信息网络（DAINAP）收集的数据及其他可用来源，对东南亚和东亚地区甲基苯丙胺的趋势进行回顾性分析。
在过去十年间，东南亚和东亚经历了一场甲基苯丙胺流行潮，始于1997年左右，并于2000 - 2001年达到顶峰。尽管此后许多国家的情况已趋于稳定，但湄公河地区部分地方的甲基苯丙胺贩运和使用仍在增加，且有证据表明柬埔寨、印度尼西亚、马来西亚和菲律宾存在大规模生产。甲基苯丙胺通常通过吸食或口服，但也明显存在注射使用的情况。
虽然东南亚和东亚部分地区甲基苯丙胺流行潮的高峰期已过，但仍需关注，以尽量减少甲基苯丙胺生产、贩运和使用在湄公河地区以及东南亚半岛和群岛蔓延所带来的潜在后果。
