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Central and Western
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Yau Tsim Mong District
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Kwun Tong District
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Sha Tin District
Office
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Tsuen Wan District Office
End/Tuesday, June 20, 1995
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Latest drug statistics released
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The number of drug abusers of all ages reported to the Government's Central Registry of Drug Abuse (CRDA) in the first quarter this year decreased by 7.1 per cent from 6,956 to 6,459 as compared with the corresponding period in 1994, according to the first quarterly statistics released today (Tuesday).
Among them, 1,014 were reported to the Registry for the first time and 5,445.2 were previously reported, representing decreases of 21.2 per cent and 4 per cent respectively when compared with the same quarter last year.
For drug abusers under 21, the total number of individuals reported were 1,333, representing a drop of 7.8 per cent from 1,446 in the same period last year. Within them, a decrease of 29.1 per cent was observed for newly reported persons but an increase of about 16 per cent for previously reported persons.
These statistics were discussed at the Action Committee Against Narcotics (ACAN) meeting held this afternoon.
Members were also informed that the first quarter of 1995 registered an increase in the number of female drug abusers of all ages from 620 (8.9 per cent) to 666 (10.3 per cent) in the same period last year. A research study to examine drug abuse among female would be undertaken in the coming months.