Guest guest Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Jeanne Ann is not available to reply to your message; will respond September 1. On Aug 19, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Chinese Medicine wrote: > > There are 4 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. RE: Re: Drug Abuse Rates in China > " Attilio D'Alberto " <attiliodalberto > 2. Re:Digest Number 1085 > Jeanne Ann Whittington <jawhit > 3. Re: Ideas on acupuncture during pregnancy? > Mike Liaw <mikeliaw > 4. Re: Re: Drug Abuse Rates in China > " Tom Verhaeghe " <verhaeghe_tom > > > _____________________ > _ > _____________________ > _ > > Message: 1 > Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:34:11 +0100 > " Attilio D'Alberto " <attiliodalberto > RE: Re: Drug Abuse Rates in China > > Many thanks for the info Greg. > > I didn't see any drug use amongst the local Chinese population, just > in the > western quarters, where it was easy to come by. Having said that, alot > of > things are well hidden in China and drug use is one of them. Being on > the > border of countries within the Golden Triangle, they must have some > drug > trafficking going through. > > I believe that the WHO is investigating drug use levels, so we'll have > to > wait and see. > > Warm regards, > > Attilio D'Alberto > Doctor of (Beijing, China) > B.Sc. (Hons) T.C.M., M.A.T.C.M. > 07786198900 > enquiries > <http://www.attiliodalberto.com/> www.attiliodalberto.com > > " A human being is part of the whole, called by us the Universe, a part > limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and > feelings, as something separated from the rest - - a kind of optical > illusion in his consciousness. " (Albert Einstein) > > > > Chinese Medicine > Chinese Medicine On Behalf Of > Greg A. > Livingston > 19 August 2005 14:51 > Chinese Medicine > Re: Drug Abuse Rates in China > > > Hey Attilio, > > I imagine it would be hard to find reliable statistics on this since > the > Chinese gov't seems > to be trying its best to downplay the problem. That said, I know there > is a > lot of heroin use > in places like Xinjiang and Yunan, and in fact, I know a woman here in > Hangzhou who was > offered a job in Xinjiang to do AIDS research for, if I remember > correctly, > Johns Hopkins > University, which has set up a couple AIDS research facilities here in > China > in areas where > IV drug use is high, and thus HIV transmission is high. > >> From what I've been told, around here, and definitely in Shanghai, >> designer > drugs are > pretty easy to come by. Marijuana use doesn't seem very popular, at > least in > this part of > China, except among some of the foreigners. > > If Viagra and " Multi-Penis Pills " (a CM patent with various kinds of > animal > penises in it, like > bull, horse, sea-lion, etc.) can be considered in your query, then I > would > say the abuse rate > is really high! :-) > > Sorry I can't help with any serious statistics. You could try a web > search. > > Greg > > > Chinese Medicine , " Attilio > D'Alberto " > <attiliodalberto> wrote: >> Drug use, drug abuse and drug prevalence are the same thing! >> >> Warm regards, >> >> Attilio D'Alberto >> Doctor of (Beijing, China) >> B.Sc. (Hons) T.C.M., M.A.T.C.M. >> 07786198900 >> enquiries@a... >> <http://www.attiliodalberto.com/> www.attiliodalberto.com >> >> " A human being is part of the whole, called by us the Universe, a part >> limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and >> feelings, as something separated from the rest - - a kind of optical >> illusion in his consciousness. " (Albert Einstein) >> >> >> >> Chinese Medicine >> Chinese Medicine On Behalf Of >> Eric >> Brand >> 19 August 2005 13:00 >> Chinese Medicine >> Re: Drug Abuse Rates in China >> >> >> Chinese Medicine , " Attilio >> D'Alberto " <attiliodalberto> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Has anyone got any info on the drug prevalence rate in China? >> >> Drug use or drug abuse? The subject line mentions drug abuse, the >> text question mentions drug prevalence. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://babel.altavista.com/ >> >> >> and >> adjust >> accordingly. >> >> Messages are the property of the author. Any duplication outside the >> group >> requires prior permission from the author. >> >> If you are a TCM academic and wish to discuss TCM with other >> academics, >> >> >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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