Niteen S. Wairagkar, MD, Senior Research Officer, Regional Medical Research Center (R.M.R.C.), N.E. Region (I.C.M.R.), Post Box 105, Dibrugarh, Assam - 786 001.
Indian J Psychiatry. 1994 Jul;36(3):129-32.
The drug abuse monitoring study of Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh, reported 181 and 395 addicts from the states of Assam and Nagaland respectively in one year. Of these, 48 (26.5%) and 49(12.4%) cases were contributed by the primary abuse of codeine containing cough syrups. A11 addicts were males in their early twenties. Most of the addicts were unmarried and educated up to matriculation. The majority of addicts in Assam were Hindus (85.4%) and in Nagaland Christians (81.63%). Unemployment was predominant in both the groups. The mean age for the first use of codeine cough syrup was 17.44 years (Assam) and 15.77 years (Nagaland). Nagaland had more chronic abusers. Addicts were used the oral route several times a day and friends were the main source of introduction. Mild forms of physical and psychiatric disorders were reported Easy over-the-counter availability, lesser expenditure, milder withdrawals and ease of consumption without secrecy were some of the reasons for the emergence of this new form of addiction in Assam and Nagaland.
来自迪布鲁加尔地区医学研究中心的药物滥用监测研究报告称，在一年内，阿萨姆邦和那加兰邦分别有 181 名和 395 名吸毒者。其中，48 例（26.5%）和 49 例（12.4%）是由滥用含可待因的止咳糖浆引起的。所有的吸毒者都是二十出头的男性。大多数吸毒者未婚，受过小学教育。阿萨姆邦的大多数吸毒者是印度教徒（85.4%），那加兰邦的是基督教徒（81.63%）。失业在这两个群体中都很普遍。首次使用可待因止咳糖浆的平均年龄分别为 17.44 岁（阿萨姆邦）和 15.77 岁（那加兰邦）。那加兰邦有更多的慢性滥用者。吸毒者每天口服数次，朋友是主要的介绍来源。身体和精神障碍的轻度形式已被报道。这种新形式的成瘾在阿萨姆邦和那加兰邦出现的部分原因是可待因止咳糖浆易于在柜台上获得、支出较少、戒断症状较轻以及无需保密即可使用。
