ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 April 1978
Page Count: 10

Heroin Abuse and a Gas Chromatographic Method for Determining Illicit Heroin Samples in Singapore
Lim, HY
Head and scientific officer, Narcotics Laboratories,

Chow, ST
Head and scientific officer, Narcotics Laboratories,

(Received 18 July 1977; accepted 27 September 1977)

Abstract

In the last few years the pattern of drug abuse in Singapore (an island city-republic with a land area of 584 km² and a population of 2.3 million) has undergone dramatic changes. The changing pattern resulted in the introduction in 1973 of the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) to replace the Dangerous Drugs Act and the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, which were found to be inadequate. The abuse of Mandrax (methaqualone) rose to a high point in 1973 and 1974 [1] but tapered off to almost nil in 1976. However, during this period there was an alarming increase in heroin abuse.

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Paper ID: JFS10763J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10763J
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