TCM study into effect on addicts
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Traditional Chinese medicine is to be used by a drug abuse control agency in east China’s Shandong Province in a joint research program with a TCM university.
Co-founded by Shandong Drug Abuse Control Bureau and Shandong TCM University, the TCM rehabilitation research center inaugurated yesterday is the first provincial level agency of its kind.
Qi Yan'an, head of the bureau, said TCM therapy including massage, acupuncture, relaxation and herbal medicine had proved effective when treating drug addicts.
He said the center would combine conventional methods and medicine with TCM therapy.
The province has a growing drug abuse problem. In 2015, 28,417 drug addicts were seized by the police, bringing the total number to 84,124.
Of the new cases, 17,532 were new drug users. According to the bureau, 81 percent were male, most aged between 18 and 35. The youngest was just 13.
Qi said that currently TCM was mainly used to help relieve the discomfort brought on by rehabilitation.
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