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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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Results for prescription drug abuse (australia)
1 results foundAuthor: Ng, Simon Title: Pharmaceutical Drug Use Among Police Detainees Summary: In light of increased concern regarding the illegal use of prescription medication and the extent of the diversion of pharmaceuticals into the black market, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) incorporated a set of new questions into its Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program in 2011. Analysis showed that one in three (36%) of 825 adult police detainees self-reported using either buprenorphine, methadone, morphine, benzodiazepines or dexamphetamine at least once in the past 12 months. Benzodiazepines were the most commonly used pharmaceutical drug among police detainees (25%), followed by morphine (12%), buprenorphine (8%), methadone (7%) and dexamphetamine (4%). Of those detainees who had used pharmaceuticals, as many as two in three (63%) reported obtaining them from at least one of a number of illegitimate sources. This equates to a prevalence of 23 percent across all detainees interviewed. A larger proportion of detainees (16%) were classified as illegitimate benzodiazepine users than illegitimate morphine (9%), buprenorphine (5%), methadone or dexamphetamine users (3%, respectively). The most common method for obtaining pharmaceutical drugs illegitimately was to receive them from family or friends without paying. Overall 14 percent of all detainees reported doing so at least once in the past 12 months. Despite obtaining pharmaceutical drugs predominantly from family or friends, the vast majority of self-reported users said that they were “easy” or “very easy” to obtain on the street (without a prescription). Benzodiazepines were most frequently reported as easy or very easy to obtain on the street (86%), followed by buprenorphine and morphine (76%, respectively). More than half of those detainees using buprenorphine (59%) and morphine (53%) knew of someone dealing the drug at the time of their arrest. This was the case for 47 percent of dexamphetamine users, 42 percent of benzodiazepine users and 38 percent of methadone users. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012. 7p. Source: Internet Resource: Research in Practice, DUMA, No. 23: Accessed February 17, 2012 at: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/2/0/1/%7B201F4B72-265D-40FD-AF41-F6787C226396%7Drip23_001.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/2/0/1/%7B201F4B72-265D-40FD-AF41-F6787C226396%7Drip23_001.pdf Shelf Number: 124148 Keywords: Black MarketDrug Abuse and CrimePrescription Drug Abuse (Australia) |