Drug and alcohol review
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Southeast and East Asia has become a global hub for methamphetamine production and trafficking over the past decade. This paper describes the rise of methamphetamine supply and to what extent use of the drug is occurring in the region. ⋯ While the peak of the methamphetamine epidemic has passed in parts of Southeast and East Asia, attention is needed to minimise the potential consequences of spreading methamphetamine production, trafficking and use in the Mekong region and in the peninsular and archipelago of Southeast Asia.
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Drug and alcohol review · May 2008
Comparative StudyCharacteristics and harms associated with injecting versus smoking methamphetamine among methamphetamine treatment entrants.
To compare the characteristics and harms associated with injecting and smoking methamphetamine among methamphetamine treatment entrants. ⋯ Within this treatment sample, smoking methamphetamine occurred among both long-standing injecting drug users and a comparatively younger group of non-injecting drug users. It was associated with less severe methamphetamine dependence than injecting, but more intense use patterns and similar levels of other harms.