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Trends in drug use among adolescents admitted to residential treatment in Australia
Author(s) -
Nathan Sally,
Bethmont Anna,
Rawstorne Patrick R,
Ferry Mark,
Hayen Andrew
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja15.01018
Subject(s) - public health , psychology , medicine , sociology , library science , nursing , computer science
*Data are number and proportion of participants unless otherwise indicated. u population surveys. These show alcohol, cannabis and tobacco to be the most commonly used drugs among adolescents. The National Drug Strategy Household Survey found that methamphetamine use has remained very low (2%) and stable among 14e19 year olds, with no rise in methamphetamine use overall in the population; however, there was a change in the main form, with crystal (“ice”) replacing powder.