Transition of <scp>C</scp>hina's drug policy: problems in practice

Xiao, Shuiyuan; Yang, Mei; Zhou, Liang; Hao, Wei

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“…Over the past two decades, drug abuse has also become an important social and public health issues in China [ 6 ], which has the largest population and imbalance of economic development around the country. In China, the number of drug users registered officially has increased 30-fold from 70,000 to 2,098,000 between 1990 and 2012 [ 7 ]. It was estimated that there were more than 14 million drug abusers in China at the end of 2014 [ 7 ], although lack of the detailed data about meth abuse.…”

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“…In China, the number of drug users registered officially has increased 30-fold from 70,000 to 2,098,000 between 1990 and 2012 [ 7 ]. It was estimated that there were more than 14 million drug abusers in China at the end of 2014 [ 7 ], although lack of the detailed data about meth abuse. Whatever, there is an urgent need for a better health care for drug abusers in China.…”

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The effect of methamphetamine abuse on dental caries and periodontal diseases in an Eastern China city

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BackgroundDental diseases are among the most frequently reported health problems in drug abusers. However, few studies have been conducted on oral health of methamphetamine (meth) abusers in China. The aim of the present study was to investigate the caries and periodontal health profile of former meth abusers in Eastern China.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted on 162 former meth abusers in the male Zhoushan Compulsory Detoxification Center. A standardized questionnaire, which collected information about age, drug-use duration / pattern, oral hygiene habit and systemic diseases, was administered. Then, a dental examination was performed to investigate the severity of dental caries and periodontal diseases. In evaluating dental caries, the prevalence of dental caries, the scores of decayed teeth (DT), missing teeth (MT), filled teeth (FT), and decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) were recorded. In evaluating periodontal diseases, community periodontal index (CPI), and the prevalence of gingival bleeding, dental calculus, periodontal pocket and loose teeth, were recorded. Additionally, the non-parametric test was adopted to analyze the potential risk factors via SPSS.ResultsAll the participants abused meth by inhalation. The mean scores of DT, MT, FT and DMFT in the former meth users were 2.72 ± 2.78, 3.07 ± 3.94, 0.33 ± 1.03 and 6.13 ± 5.20 respectively. The prevalence of gingival bleeding, dental calculus, periodontal pocket and loose teeth was 97.53%, 95.68%, 51.23% and 9.26% respectively. The DT, DMFT and CPI scores in those who had abused meth for longer than 4 years were significantly higher than those who abused for less than 4 years (P = 0.039, 0.045, P < 0.001, respectively). The DT score in those who brushed their teeth more than twice a day were significantly lower than those who brushed less (P = 0.018).ConclusionsThe status of caries and periodontal diseases among former male meth users in Eastern China was poor. Prolonged drug abuse and lower frequency of tooth brushing may be the risk factors of their poor status of caries and periodontal diseases.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12903-017-0463-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The effect of methamphetamine abuse on dental caries and periodontal diseases in an Eastern China city

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“…Therefore, the proportion of the financial investment has inevitably and gradually decreased from 30% to less than 10% since that period. Until 2008, revenue from medications accounted for 46% of business revenue, far higher than the average around the world 8 .…”

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Effects on the medical revenue of comprehensive pricing reform in Chinese urban public hospitals after removing drug markups: case of Nanjing

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“…According to Chinese epidemiologists and drug specialists, there has been a 30-fold increase in registered injection drug use (IDUs) from 70,000 in the mid-1990s to 2.098 million by 2012 (Xiao, Yang, Zhou, & Hao, 2015) and 2.5 million by the end 2016 (Pan 2018). If we include unregistered drug users, the estimates are closer to 15 million (Liu, Liang, Zhao, & Zhou., 2010).…”

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Beyond China’s drug century: Yunnan’s first therapeutic community and narratives of drug treatment and mental health care

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2018

Transcult Psychiatry

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China is experiencing rapid cultural change and new forms of sociability that are accompanied by social problems and novel humanitarian interventions that have been formulated to address those problems. The pressure related to the rapid transformation of the countryside into mid-level cities has led to recreational drug-use as a means of escape. These illegal drugs have greased the wheels of what I call an affective biopolitics that has influenced Chinese citizens. Carlos Rojas argues that development in China results from the effects of discrete protocols, or practices that stem from tensions between capital and labor, governmentality and biopolitics, and nationalism and globalization. To tease out the particulars of Rojas' protocols and practices, in this article, I first review two historical periods: 1) the rise and fall of opium consumption in the early 19th century, and 2) the 21st-century psychology boom. I use these two literature reviews to set the stage to discuss my ethnographic study of Sunlight, China's first residential therapeutic community for drug users in Yunnan Province. Sunlight's residents and founders provide a unique window into local everyday drug use at a particular time in China's economic boom, from 2007 through 2015. We know much about China's opium century but very little about the contemporary context, new consumers who partake in pleasure-consuming drugs, or the reformers who address these 21st-century public health issues.

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Transition of China's drug policy: problems in practice

Cited by 9 publications

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The effect of methamphetamine abuse on dental caries and periodontal diseases in an Eastern China city

The effect of methamphetamine abuse on dental caries and periodontal diseases in an Eastern China city

Effects on the medical revenue of comprehensive pricing reform in Chinese urban public hospitals after removing drug markups: case of Nanjing

Beyond China’s drug century: Yunnan’s first therapeutic community and narratives of drug treatment and mental health care

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