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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for WRITTEN answer on 13 January 1975

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by

3

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.

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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