韩国人滥用药物严重

A recent investigation showed that 30 percent of Korean adults have taken illegally circulated sexual improvement medication or have seen others take it.

The investigation focused on the illegal circulation, with medicines bought by hospitals and drugstores excluded, according to the Food and Drug Administration in South Korea. Therefore, the actual usage rate of such medication is far more than the 30 percent.

The Korea Associated Press reported Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration in South Korea advocated an investigation in December on 1,000 people above 19 years old, searching for signs of drug abuse.

The result suggested that 30.2 percent of participants had direct or indirect contact with sexual improvement medication. The medicine for study improvement ranked second with 19.8 percent of participants. Weight-loss pills ranked third with 17.5 percent of participants, followed by muscle re-enforcers at 13.3 percent.

The rate of drug takers is significant as well. Around 8.4 percent of interviewees had direct or indirect contact with marijuana, "Ice," a deadly stimulant drug, or other drugs.

一项调查显示，韩国成年人中有三成曾直接接触(自己服用)或间接接触(看到别人服用)过非法流通的性功能改善药剂。韩国食品药品安全厅认为，本次调查只是针对非法流通的药物，并不包括依医院、药店处方所购药物，因此实际使用该药剂比例要比调查值更高。

韩联社18日报道称，韩国食品药品安全厅去年12月针对1000名19岁以上成年男女吸食毒品和滥用药物的情况进行了调查，结果显示，性功能改善药剂的接触者最多，有30.2%的受访者直接或间接接触过该类药剂。排在第二位的是能提高学习成绩的药(19.8%)，然后依次是减肥药(17.5%)和肌肉强化剂(13.3%)。此外，吸食毒品的成年人比例也很高，有8.4%的受访者表示曾直接或间接接触大麻、冰毒等毒品。