From the drug actual situation in Vietnam in the year 2002 to the combination of traditional and modern medicine regarding social problems in anti-drug addiction misson in Vietnam

ABSTRACT

There were 142.001 drug addicts in Vietnam at the end of 2002. 60% of them affected with HIV/AIDS. 40% of the addicts received treatment for drug withdrawal in special institutions. Besides modern medicine, traditional treatment methods included herbal prescriptions such as Cemedex, Camat, etc, steam bath, acupuncture. The overall outcome showed that addiction crisis might be cut off, but nearly 90% of people had been addicted again so far in Vietnam. Several socio-medical recommendations were suggested to improve the situation