Hidden Drug Abuse in Hong Kong: From Social Acquaintance to Social Isolation
The present paper examines the issue of hidden drug abuse in Hong Kong. Although official statistics show that the reported number of drug-abuse cases has been in decline in recent years, it has been reported that drug abusers tend to hide themselves at home to take drugs; thus, they are not discove...
Main Authors: | Cherry Hau-lin Tam, Sharon I. Kwok, T. Wing Lo, Sally Hing-po Lam, Gabriel Kwun-wa Lee |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00457/full |
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