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    Treatment and care for young amphetamine-type stimulant users

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    Authors
    Bruun, A.
    Ennis, D.
    Wansbrough, H.
    Green, Rachael
    Mitchell, P.
    Date
    2012
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Type
    Book Chapter
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    Abstract

    In the early to mid-2000s, researchers, policy-makers, and service providers began to respond to a dramatic increase in the prevalence of crystal methamphetamine use in the community (McKetin & McLaren 2004). The Australian media touted such trends as indicative of an 'epidemic' termed the 'ice age' (Carney 2006); however, more recent data indicate that rates of use may have declined. For example, an annual survey of Australian regular ecstasy users in 2007 found that 71 % of the sample had used any type of methamphetamine in the previous six months, compared to 54% in 2009 (Black et al 2008; Sindicich & Burns 2010). Despite this drop, methamphetamine continues to be one of the most commonly used illicit drugs among young people in our community (Cassar et al 2009; Sindicich & Burns 2010). In this chapter we investigate how service providers and practitioners can best respond to the particular needs of those young people whose use of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS), particularly methamphetamine, has become dependent and problematic.

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    Bruun, A. and Ennis, D. and Wansbrough, H. and Green, R. and Mitchell, P. 2012. Treatment and care for young amphetamine-type stimulant users, in Allsop, S. and Lee, N. (ed), Perspectives on Amphetamine-Type Stimulants, pp. 277-293. Australia: IP Communications.
    Source Title
    Perspectives on Amphetamine-Type Stimulants
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10759
    Department
    National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)

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