ANALYSIS OF A SURVEILLANCE DATA OF DRUG ABUSE IN GUIZHOU AND GANSU PROVINCES

The surveillance data on 998 drug abusers from Guizhou and Gansu Drug Abuse Surveillance Network (DASN) was analysed. The results showed that males, less than 30 years old, under middle school education, no-job and workers were the main drug abuse population. Most of them had a drug abuse history of no more than one year. Snorting and smoking were the main model of abusing. The drugs popularly abused were opium and heroin(56.2% and 42. 9%, respectively, abusers under 30 years old used heroin and opium, over 60 years old, opium). Abused drugs were from illicit traffickers. The results also showed that polydrug abuse (in Guizhou usually with non-opioids, analgesic drugs, and in Gansu with tobacco, alcohol, sedative - hypnotics) appeared to be a serious problem(91.4% in Guizhou and 97.4% in Gansu), which made it very difficult for therapy, prevention and drug control to be carried out. The analysis indicated that it is possible to compare the characteristics of drug abusers, the trends of drug abuse by using the same surveillance questionnaire, standard analysis through Drug Abuse Surveillance Network.