Methamphetamine use and addiction

Methamphetamine use and addiction / edited by Justin Healey.

Methamphetamine is a drug which causes substantial harm, particularly in its most pure and potent form - 'ice'. This book explores current trends in methamphetamine use in Australia, and reveals the health and social impacts of the growing ice scourge, featuring information on crime, viole...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Healey, Justin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thirroul, N.S.W. : The Spinney Press, 2016.
Series:Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 407.
Subjects:
Methamphetamine abuse > Australia.
Drug abuse > Social aspects > Australia.
Drug abuse > Government policy > Australia.
Drug abuse > Australia > Prevention.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Drug abuse > Government policy
Drug abuse > Prevention
Drug abuse > Social aspects
Methamphetamine abuse
Australia
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1
  • Trends in methamphetamine use; Are we in the midst of an ice epidemic? A snapshot of meth use in Australia; What is the ice problem?; Methamphetamine use in Australia; Trends in methylamphetamine availability, use and treatment; 'Ice' availability and use increasing; more seeking treatment; Ice epidemic or not, heavier use and higher purity is increasing harms; Ice in Australia: overseas crime gangs, not bikies, are the threat; Chapter 2
  • Health effects of methamphetamine use ; Impact of ice on individuals; Use and harms: Australian methylamphetamine users
  • Breaking the bad effects of 'ice'AMA Position Statement: Methamphetamine; Forcing ice users into rehab won't solve the problem
  • here's what we need instead; Ice: family and friends support guide; Address other life problems to get at-risk young people off methamphetamines; Methamphetamine use among troubled teens doubles; Five things parents can do to help young people escape ice; Chapter 3
  • Tackling Australia's ice problem; Report of the National Ice Taskforce; How are governments combatting ice?; Taking action to combat ice
  • Ice report marks a welcome shift in thinking towards prevention and treatmentWill Australia's response to ice be effective?; It's time to change: a new national ice strategy; Methamphetamine: focusing Australia's National Ice Strategy on the problem, not the symptoms; Sickness or scourge, Australia's ice problem can't be summed up in soundbites; Awareness campaigns need to target the real victims of ice; Exploring issues
  • worksheets and activities; Fast facts; Glossary; Web links; Index

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