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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for WRITTEN answer on 13 January 1975
HK & 100
The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
NOON MONDAY
10 JANUARY Mr Dan Jones (3unley): To ask the Secretary of state for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken by the medical authorities in Hong Kong on research into the practice of drug taking.
ho. David Ennala
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A Narcotics and Drugs Administration Division has
recently been established in the Medical and Health Depart-
ment responsible for research into all aspects of drug abuse
and addiction and for developing programmes of treatment and
rehabilitation.
Two schemes (one run by the Medical and Health Department and the other by a grant-aided voluntary agency)
to evaluate the use of methadone maintenance on a long term basis in Hong Kong have entered the third year of study. Results should be available later this year.
Research into acupuncture as a possible effective treatment for drug addiction is also being undertaken in
Hong Kong. This has attracted attention in scientific
circles overseas.
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