Abstract: Objective To obtain the prevalence of narcotics and psychotropic substances used by drug addicts for non-medical purposes. To find the factors changing its trend for some suggestions on improving medical drug supervision and preventing drug abuse. Methods Form January to December 2017, 2 025 drug addicts were newly admitted to six judicial enforcement agencies in Jiangxi province, who were investigated and interviewed for information to analyze the current situation and influencing factors of drug abuse. Results Among the 2 025 subjects, 141 cases had abused ephedrine drugs, accounting for 6.96%. In addition to methadone, tramadol (21.99%), federal cough syrup (18.44%), diazepam (17.73%) and morphine (11.35%) were used. Most of the patients who abused medical drugs except methadone were 20 to 40 years old (62.41%), most of them were male (90.07%), and many persons had been addicted for more than 5 years (60.99%). The access to narcotic drugs, class I and II psychotropic drugs mainly came from hospitals, accounting for 56.41% and 43.10%, respectively, while non-listed drugs were mainly purchased from pharmacies (45.45%), and most of the medical drugs were consumed in their own places (79.43%). Conclusion The supervision of hospitals and pharmacies should strengthen management in some drug, which are tramadol, federal cough syrup, diazepam, morphine and more. It would be good for improving medical drug supervision and preventing drug abuse.

Key words: substance abuse, narcotics, psychotropic drugs, risk