| Author(s) |
van de Ven, Katinka
Mulrooney, Kyle J D
Thomas, Natalie
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| Publication Date |
2019-12-19
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| Abstract |
Rural Australians are more likely than their city counterparts to drink alcohol at harmful levels. They're also higher consumers of cannabis, ice and the prescription opioids oxycodone and fentanyl.
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Drug-related deaths are also rising more rapidly in rural Australia, up 41% since 2008, compared with a 16% increase in major cities over the same period.
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Several reports have also shown that the burden of alcohol and other drug use increases with remoteness.
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| Citation |
The Conversation, v.Health + Medicine, p. 1-4
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| ISSN |
2201-5639
1441-8681
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| Link | |
| Language |
en
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| Publisher |
The Conversation Media Group Ltd
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| Rights |
Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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| Title |
As drug deaths rise in rural Australia, we must do more to prevent overdoses
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| Type of document |
Journal Article
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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| openpublished/AsDrugVanDeVenMulrooneyThomas2019JournalArticle.pdf | 258.426 KB | application/pdf | Published version | View document |