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Experts Call for More Research on Drug Relapse Prevention
Experts and scholars attending a symposium on narcotics control Friday called for more scientific study on relapse prevention of drug abuse and enhancement of the anti-drug awareness of the public.
The three-day symposium, concluding here Friday, attracted some 40 drug control experts from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
While exchanging the latest developments in drug addiction treatment, participants held a discussion on the existing problems and new research orientations in relapse prevention.
Experts called upon governments at various levels to intensify the crack down on drug trafficking so as to effectively prevent drug abuse.
President of the China Medical Foundation Tao Siliang urged experts from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to further strengthen cooperation on the issue.
Chinese experts have adopted diversified drug addiction treatment programs, but effective methods have yet to be found and the relapse rate of addicts in China still stands at over 95 percent.
China currently faces an alarming drug problem, with more than 680,000 known drug addicts on record by the end of 1999, 80 percent of whom are male.
The symposium was jointly sponsored by the China Medical Foundation, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Institute for Medicine Dependence.
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