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<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> an epidemic, when inhalant intoxicati<strong>on</strong> cases came to the attenti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
service providers. Both before and after those 2 years, <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong>e inhalantusing<br />
case has been detected.<br />
The drug abuse pattern for Cs<strong>on</strong>grad primarily has been <strong>on</strong>e that involved<br />
prescripti<strong>on</strong> drugs and opiates with increasing numbers <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> abusers <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
inhalants trackted <strong>on</strong>ly in the county <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cs<strong>on</strong>grad, indicating that this type<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> drug abuse has declined in that regi<strong>on</strong>. Today’s figures show that in<br />
both the cities <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Budapest and Szeged the proporti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> primary inhalant<br />
abusers is about 20 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the total number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> registered drug abusers,<br />
while Gyor does not have any, and in Pecs the proporti<strong>on</strong> is about<br />
85 percent. This remarkable diversity is derived from the particularly<br />
disadvantageous socioec<strong>on</strong>omic status <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the regi<strong>on</strong>s, high rates <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
unemployment, and multicultural ethnicity associated with inhalant<br />
abuse. However, because this was not examined in the other regi<strong>on</strong>s,<br />
it is difficult to assess the importance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cultural factors.<br />
NOTE<br />
1. Eva Paulos, M.D., Director <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Drug Outpatient Clinic <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Baranya<br />
County, assisted the author in the analysis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these data.<br />
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