Populations and areas most at risk of methamphetamine-related harms: A commentary on Degenhardt et al.

Title
Populations and areas most at risk of methamphetamine-related harms: A commentary on Degenhardt et al.
Publication Date
2017
Author(s)
Woods, Cindy
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5790-069X
Email: cwood30@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:cwood30
Usher, Kim
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9686-5003
Email: kusher@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:kusher
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1111/dar.12533
UNE publication id
une:21706
Abstract
Degenhardt and colleagues show that the recent shift towards use of crystal methamphetamine (ice) rather than powder methamphetamine in Australia has coincided with a rapid increase in methamphetamine-related harms. They also note that this shift has been accompanied by reports of more young people using the drug in regional and remote areas of Australia. Degenhardt et al.'s article raises two important questions for us: (i) which populations are most at risk of methamphetamine-related harms; and (ii) which regional, rural and remote areas have been most affected by the increase in methamphetamine-related harms?
Link
Citation
Drug and Alcohol Review, 36(4), p. E5-E6
ISSN
1465-3362
0959-5236
Start page
E5
End page
E6

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