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Title Illicit drugs / editor Justin Healey
Published Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 2004

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Description 44 pages ; 30 cm
regular print
Series Issues in society ; v. 194
Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 194
Contents 1. Drug use in Australia -- Drugs and their effects -- Australian drug use rates -- 2001 National Drug Strategy Household Survey -- Illicit drug use on the decline -- Lifetime use of any illicit drug -- Percentage who have used any illicit drug in the last 12 months -- Speed now the top crime drug -- Tobacco, alcohol top the toll from our drug habit -- Teen girls top the boys at binge drinking and drugs -- Ecstasy replacing heroin, but social cost still high -- Drug drought cuts fatalities -- Drugs and the law -- Drug offences -- Treatment for drugs and alcohol -- 2. Illicit drugs -- What is marijuana? -- Cannabis -- Through the smoke : marijuana laws around the nation -- Heroin -- Percentage who have used heroin in the last 12 months -- Number of opioid overdose deaths among those aged 15-44 years -- Ecstasy use -- Percentage who have used ecstasy in the last 12 months -- Amphetamines -- Percentage who have used amphetamines in the last 12 months -- Cocaine -- What are hallucinogens? -- Glossary -- Facts and figures -- Further links and resources
Summary Based on the most recent national survey, almost 40% of the Australian population aged 14 years and over has used an illicit or illegal drug at least once in their life and nearly 17% has used at least once in the previous 12 months. This book looks at what the most used illicit drugs are, and explores the following issues: health risks, addiction and treatment; crime and punishment involving drug offences; and the impact of illicit drug use on families and society in general
Analysis Drug use and abuse
Statistics
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: page 43
Subject Drug abuse -- Australia -- Statistics.
Drugs -- Australia.
Drugs of abuse.
Drugs of abuse -- Australia.
Drug abuse -- Social aspects -- Australia.
Drug abuse -- Australia.
Drug abuse -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
Drug abuse -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
Author Healey, Justin.
LC no. 00002496
ISBN 1920801030 :