OBJECTIVE To understand the pharynx colonization and drug resistance among normal population,drug-dependent people and mentally ill people.METHODS There were 3 groups divded.The health care workers were the randomly selected to group A of forced detoxification 299 specimen from throat swab were collected from the drug dependent people(in stage group B 199 examples),and the mentally ill people(group C,99 examples).The throat swab samples were inoculated into the blood agar,MacConkey and XV/phenylethanol double-plate,and cultured commonly and anaerobic allg at the same time,and the strains were identified and the sensitivity was tested.RESULTS From the three groups,Haemophilus influenzae,H.parainfluenzae,Staphylococcus aureus and other strains.were detected out But in group B were detected out Haemophilus paranaemolyticus,Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp ozaenae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains.Pantoea agglomerans,Serratia marcescens,and A streptococcus were detected out in group C.CONCLUSIONS In the three group similar types of pharyngeal bacteria were found the colonization rates of different strains among the three groups are different,the resistance is also different,The work is in favor to provide a reliable basis for clinical treatment.