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1 results foundAuthor: Curtin University. National Drug Research Institute Title: The Social Costs of Methamphetamine in Australia 2013/14 Summary: Australia has one of the highest documented rates of methamphetamine use in the world, with about 2.1% of the population aged 14 years and over reporting they have used methamphetamine in the past year. Recent changes in the purity and form of methamphetamine have resulted in a significant rise in public concern and media interest in the harms associated with the consumption of methamphetamine. As documented in this report, methamphetamine consumption is associated with a diverse range of harms and costs to individual drug users, their families and wider society. The objective of this project was to estimate the cost of methamphetamine use to Australia for a specific year (2013/14) rather than the future costs arising from use in that year, due to limitations in the available data and the level of uncertainly concerning future outcomes. Thus, other than years of life lost due to premature mortality, the costs do not include costs for treating chronic health conditions or lower levels of productivity over the lifespan. The harms and costs of drug use are substantially increased for dependent drug users compared with other users(Moore, 2007). We based our analyses on an estimated 160,000 dependent methamphetamine users and 108,000 regular nondependent users (Degenhardt et al., 2016a). There are also estimated to be 240,995 people in Australia who use methamphetamine occasionally (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2014a). Finally, we excluded the private costs incurred by non-dependent methamphetamine users. However, the private costs or the "internalities" of dependent drug use were quantified but not added to the overall total. The report identified a range of prevention, supply reduction, harm reduction and treatment initiatives targeting the use of methamphetamine. In 2013/14 school based programs were the major prevention approach, with no substantial general population programs being identified in that year. Supply reduction programs were evident at the local level, through jurisdiction level policing or initiatives such as ProjectStop, which aims to limit access to precursor chemicals through the purchase of some over-the-counter medicines. Nationally, there were initiatives to regulate the commercial supply of chemicals and products that could be used in clandestine laboratories. The major harm reduction initiatives were existing programs that aim to reduce harms from injecting drug use (e.g. needle and syringe programs) that also involve some users of methamphetamine. However, treatment programs, such as withdrawal management, counselling services and residential rehabilitation, were the largest cost items in this area. Chapter 4 provides costing for these items. Details: Perth, Western Australia: The Research Institute, 2016. 200p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 27, 2017 at: https://ndri.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/pdf/publications/T246.pdf Year: 2016 Country: Australia URL: https://ndri.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/pdf/publications/T246.pdf Shelf Number: 147843 Keywords: Costs of Drug AbuseDrug Abuse and AddictionDrug Abuse TreatmentMethamphetamineSubstance Abuse |