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Article: Majority of students take sleeping pills in central China city
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 7, 2004
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Majority of students take sleeping pills in central China city
WUHAN, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A survey by the Wuhan municipal mental
health center shows nearly 60 percent of students are taking sleeping
pills in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province.
The two-year survey was carried out among 10,000 students in 28
middle and high schools. It was done to study the addictive
properties of the second generation sleeping pills, widely known as
"An Ding" or "Shu Le An Ding".
Insomnia and study pressure have been blamed for the use of
sleeping pills among students. About 70 percent of the surveyed
weren't aware of the ...