Health Status and the Need for Social Return of Drug Abusers in Guangdong Province

Health Status and the Need for Social Return of Drug Abusers in Guangdong Province: a Secondary Data Analysis Study

This study intends to conduct a secondary analysis of the data from the investigation on the status quo of anti-drug rehabilitation work and management needs in Guangdong Province.

The drug problem is a major problem that threatens individuals' physical and mental health, family happiness, national security, regional stability and world peace. In recent years, anti-drug departments in various regions of Guangdong Province have adhered to the arrangement and deployment of the National Anti-Drug Office, the provincial Party committee and the provincial government and the Party committee of the Public Security Department, focused on preventing the harm of synthetic drugs, improved the system, implemented responsibilities, and innovated methods, and constantly improved the anti-drug and drug rehabilitation work in Guangdong.

Nowadays, with the improvement of the level of social and economic development, the personnel structure and characteristics of drug abusers in Guangdong Province have undergone corresponding changes, and the effect of the existing control policies on drug abusers has also shown a weak stage, which needs to be adjusted and updated in time.

In this context, Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department has carried out research on anti-drug management countermeasures, and actively discussed the status quo, difficulties and reform direction of anti-drug management in the new era.

This study intends to conduct a secondary analysis based on the data obtained from the investigation and research on the status quo of drug control and detoxification work and management needs in Guangdong Province, aiming to describe the demographic and sociological characteristics of drug abusers in Guangdong Province, as well as their psychosocial experience of receiving interpretation intervention and the status quo of social regression needs. What's more, this study also devoted to forming a practical multi-department co-management model of community comprehensive management of drug addicts in Guangdong Province in the new era, to comprehensively improve the management level of drug abusers in Guangdong Province, serving grassroots communities, and build a harmonious society.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Cities in Guangdong Province are selected according to the geographical distribution, development level, economic level and population distribution of the cities.
• Drug abusers who registered in any of a streets or townships of Guangdong Province would be selected.
• Drug abusers who have abstained for more than 3 years.
• All age groups under 30 years old, between 30 and 50 years old and over 50 years old were covered.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Eliminate more than 20 questions missed or not answered questionnaires.
• The questionnaires which be filled out by the same respondent repeatedly.