Kumar S, Wairagkar N S, Mahanta J, Satyanarayana K, Chetial M, Phukan R K, Goswami S K
Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1996 Dec;27(4):768-71.
A total of 395 drug addicts from Nagaland, India during 1992-1993 were studied. Of these, 331 (83.8%) were primary abusers of heroin. Mean age of the group was 21.8 years +/- SD 3.84. Of these 5.2% were females. The majority were unmarried (92.1%) and 52% had completed 10 years of schooling. Drug-related school dropout rate was 72.8%. Unemployment was predominant (90.3%) in the group, of which most were never employed. Christianity was the main religion (90.9%) of the group. The mean age at first use of heroin was 17.6 years +/- SD 3.68. The mean duration of dependence on heroin was 4.4 years +/- SD 2.8. Heroin was injected by 80.9% subjects. Friends were the main source of introduction. Concurrent use of tranquilizers and codeine containing cough syrups was prevalent in the event of a short supply of heroin. The involvement of young, unemployed, unmarried persons in heroin addiction; widespread prevalence of the injection route and needle sharing; chronicity of heroin dependence; paucity of specialized treatment avenues and proximity to the Golden Triangle facilitating illicit traffic, have contributed to emergence of heroin addiction as a major public health problem in Nagaland.
1992年至1993年期间，对来自印度那加兰邦的395名吸毒者进行了研究。其中，331人（83.8%）是海洛因的初次滥用者。该群体的平均年龄为21.8岁±标准差3.84。其中5.2%为女性。大多数人未婚（92.1%），52%完成了10年学业。与毒品相关的辍学率为72.8%。该群体中失业情况占主导（90.3%），其中大多数人从未就业。基督教是该群体的主要宗教（90.9%）。首次使用海洛因的平均年龄为17.6岁±标准差3.68。对海洛因的平均依赖时长为4.4年±标准差2.8。80.9%的受试者注射海洛因。朋友是主要的介绍来源。在海洛因供应短缺时，同时使用镇静剂和含可待因止咳糖浆的情况很普遍。年轻、失业、未婚者染上海洛因成瘾；注射途径和共用针头非常普遍；海洛因依赖具有长期性；缺乏专门治疗途径以及靠近金三角便利了非法贩运，这些因素共同导致海洛因成瘾在那加兰邦成为一个主要的公共卫生问题。
