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For fear of AIDS they now suck their own fingers
Hong Kong : Hong Kong's most powerful Triad Gang has dropped a blood oath ritual from its Initiation ceremonies because of the AIDS risk, the Sunday Morning Post Newspaper said, reports Reuter.
The Sun Ycc on society used to initiate newcomers to its 47,000 strong organised crime gang by requiring to 40 to mix their blood In a communal bowl and then drink IL the Post ousted an anti-Triad detective as saying.
They have changed the ceremony through fear of AIDS, they no longer drink the mixed blood in the bowl, they suck their own fingers, he was quoted as saying.
The ceremony ends with initiates swearing a blood oath while the bowl Is smashed to symbolise the fate of traitors.
Police said they did not know whether any of Hong Kong’s other five Major Triad societies had adopted similar safe ritu
Some 40 people have died In Hong Kong of AIDS which Is mainly spread through infected blood and sexual Intercourse, government statistics show 276 people carry the HIV virus, which causes AIDS, although officials believe the number is much higher.
Japanese children are too busy studying
TOKYO : More than 50 per cent of parents In Japan think thdr children are too busy studying for exams and don't have enough leisure time, according to the results of a survey released Monday, reports Reuter.
Some 3.000 parents were questioned in the survey organised by the prime minister's office.
Among parents of male children. 54 per cent said they wanted their sons to finish university while 33 per cent said they would leave the decision up to their children.
But only 23 per cent of parents of female children wanted their daughters to go on to university.
It was the first such survey conducted by the government.
Bush collapsed in Japan for Halcion addiction
ROCKVILLE : Food and Drug Administration experts Monday began a safety review of Halcion, the most widely prescribed sleeping pill In the world, reports AP.
Halcion has been banned In Britain, but remains hugely popular In the United States.
President Bush's doctor said it mnv have been the reason
that Bush vomited and collapsed tn front of Japan's Prime Minister during a trip to Tokyo last Jantxuy.
Actor Burt Reynolds says he was addicted to it. and almost died.
The drug's manufacturer Upjohn Co., says tt welcomes the inquiry by the FDA’s scientific advisory panel.
At the same time. Upjohn 1s aggressive about suing the drug’s critics for libel, filing three suits In England and threatening another In the United States.
Isolated anecdotes and dramatic charges have resulted tn a rash of questions about the product’s safety and Its development by the Upjohn Co." the company said in a letter to news organizations this week.
Bush has stopped taking the drug, also known by the generic name triazolam, but his physician. Dr. Burton J. Lee. has said he would prescribe tt again if he thought ft waa needed.
Reynolds told TV Guide magazine he once was taking the pills six at a time to control pain from an Injured Jaw and was consuming as many as 50 a day. He said he went into a coma and almost died when he tried to quit cold turkey.
The Physicians Desk Reference, a catalog of drugs, says doctors are advised not to give patients prescriptions for Halcion with more than a 3O-day supply and warns that some people may experience withdrawal symptoms.
There also are a number of other side-effects, including headaches, dizziness. nausea, confusion, memory Impairment nightmares and depression.
The panel meeting Monday could recommend that the FDA impose restrictions on Halcion, or even an outright ban. On the other hand It would find the drug tn Its current dosage and labeling is safe and effective.
The FDA is not bound by the advice of its advisory panels, but usually follows their recommendations.