"The epidemiology of methamphetamine use and harm in Australia.". Drug & Alcohol Review. 2008; 27(3):243-252. [PubMed: 18368605]Degenhardt, L., Roxburgh, A., Black, E., Bruno, R., Campbell, G., Kinner, S., & Fetherston, J. (2008). The epidemiology of metham- phetamine use ...
Methamphetamine (MA) (Mkpurummiri) is seen as the most common, accessible and new drug of use/abuse in south east Nigeria. Despite the overwhelming evidence of the dire consequences of this drug to the users, there is lack of empirical research to determine its prevalence in this area where...
Objective: To investigate whether methamphetamine use is associated with sexual risk behavior among adolescents. Method: A cross-sectional survey of 1,561 male and female high school students in Cape Town (mean age 14.9 years) was conducted using items from the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument ...
Methamphetamine is, and continues to be, overrepresented in road trauma statistics in Australia. Yet, there is little agreement on the potential mechanism or magnitude of risk. Considering the lack of a clear model for approximating the risk of traffic related harm for people who consume methamphet...
Statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) reveal that an estimated 24.6 million Americans ages 12 or older have used METH in their lifetimes for non-medical reasons [1,2]. Recent studies have revealed increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to METH ...
We tested for improvements in fit over the simpler monomial linear models using chi-squared statistics implemented in lme4. When results of the likelihood-ratio test suggested an improved fit for the polynomial models, we tested for significance of the fixed effects and report regression coefficients...
AUSTRALIADRUG abuseMEDICAL care useMETHAMPHETAMINEPUBLIC healthSUBSTANCE abuseGAMMA-hydroxybutyrateRETROSPECTIVE studiesDESCRIPTIVE statisticsCOVID-19 pandemicDear Editor, The COVID-19 pandemic has affected patterns of recreational drug use in Australia. A brief audit in a Western Australian ED suggested a ...
Design: Longitudinal analysis framework was used from a longitudinal cohort of people who use methamphetamine. Setting: Victoria state, Australia. Participants: One hundred eighty‐five VMAX study participants who reported a methamphetamine purchase after the onset of the pandemic were used ...
METH use results in increased alertness, heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and loss of appetite [1,2]. Chronic METH use commonly leads to severe tooth decay, infection, weight loss, malnutrition, kidney and liver damage, respiratory issues, paranoia, violent behavior, psychosis, ...
Guidance is available in Australia for the assessment and remediation of former clandestine drug laboratories, however there are a large number of properties contaminated as a result of manufacture and use where the presence of contamination is unknown [3], and there are no regulatory requirements ...