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一、香港青少年滥用药物的概况青少年滥用药物问题近数年已成为香港社会大众关注的焦点.根据香港政府禁毒处的统计数字显示:自1976年至1996年年底,曾被呈报的滥用药物者总人数为88,229人,占全港10岁以上人口(560万人)的1.6%.被呈报之滥用者主要是吸食海洛英,以21岁至40岁的未婚男性居多.然而,这现象自八十年代中开始便有明显的转变,渐渐地形成一个“三化”的现象.第一是年轻化.回顾过去十年的统计数字,21岁以下滥用者占所有被呈报人数的比重由1987年的7.9%(1,348人)激增至1996年的18.5%(3,630人),增幅达169%之多.而初次滥用药物的年龄,亦较十年前愈来愈年轻,平均年龄为20.9岁,最低年龄为11岁.从1996年的统计推算,在11岁至30岁的青少年中,每1,000人中大约有4.2人为滥用药物者.
I. Overview of Youth Drug Abuse in Hong Kong The problem of substance abuse among young people has become a focus of public concern in Hong Kong in recent years. According to statistics provided by the Hong Kong Government’s Narcotics Division, from 1976 to the end of 1996, Representing 88.229 people, accounting for 1.6% of the total population of 5.6 years (over 5.6 million) in Hong Kong. The reported abusers mainly used heroin, mostly unmarried men aged between 21 and 40. However, The gradual transformation of the mid-decade marked the gradual formation of a phenomenon of “three changes.” The first is rejuvenation. Recalling the statistics of the past decade, the proportion of abusers under the age of 21 in all reported cases has risen from 1987 Year-on-year (7.9% (1,348)) surged to 169.5% (3,630) in 1996. The initial drug abuse age was also younger than that of a decade ago, with an average age of 20.9 years, the lowest The age of 11. From 1996 statistics, among adolescents aged 11 to 30, about 4.2 of every 1,000 people are drug abusers.