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In Mexico, drug abuse is considered a public health problem that is growing rapidly, especially among minors, who constitute about one half of the total population of the country. To facilitate an estimation of the drug problem and its trends in the country, the Information Reporting System on Drugs (IRSD) was established in 1986 by the Mexican Institute of Psychiatry at the request of the National Council against Addictions. IRSD is an "event-reporting" type of information system based on two month-long cross-sectional evaluations that are made each year in June and November. Data for IRSD are gathered via a questionnaire called the individual report on drug abuse, which is completed by illicit drug users upon admission to health and criminal justice facilities and institutions at Mexico City during the evaluation periods. This article describes the objectives of IRSD, its development and its functioning, as well as some of its findings.
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Drogas Ilícitas , Sistemas de Informação/organização & administração , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Estudos Transversais , Demografia , Controle de Medicamentos e Entorpecentes , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , México , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/tendências , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
This article presents an analysis of the present situation with respect to drug use and abuse in Nigeria. It is based on a review of literature on the subject, on information derived from annual Nigerian training courses on drug dependence and on reports from state directors of the Nigerian Institute on Substance Abuse (NISA). The object of the article is to highlight the need for establishing a system for monitoring the drug scene in Nigeria.
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/epidemiologia , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Nigéria , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/tendênciasRESUMO
Monitoring systems are useful epidemiological instruments for assessing the problem of drug abuse. The rapid growth of the drug dependence problem in Malaysia led to increased awareness of the need for a system for continuous monitoring of the situation. Preliminary work on the design of an appropriate monitoring system was initiated in 1976. A fully integrated national reporting system was established in 1978, linking all public services and agencies coming into contact with drug-dependent persons, including law enforcement agencies, drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation centres, and social and welfare institutions. The information system included a mechanism for systematic gathering, processing, analysing and presenting essential data on the prevention, control and management of drug abuse problems. It also included reporting on drug-related events, such as hospitalizations and arrests, as well as data on known drug-dependent persons and new cases of dependence. The system has been used for routine monitoring of the extent, trends, patterns and other characteristics of drug abuse problems in Malaysia, providing basic information for policy-making and programme planning. On the basis of data generated by the system, it was estimated that the prevalence rate of drug-dependent persons per 100,000 population increased from 84.3 in 1976 to 754.6 in 1986. It was estimated that there were 119,001 drug-dependent persons in Malaysia in 1986.
