Drug and alcohol review
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Drug and alcohol review · Jul 2008
A cross-sectional survey of young people attending a music festival: associations between drug use and musical preference.
Drug use is becoming normalised among young Australian people involved in music sub-cultures. We aimed to determine prevalences of illicit drug use in this population and associations between preferences for different music genres and recent use of particular illicit drugs. ⋯ These data suggest that music festival attendees use illicit drugs more commonly than their age-matched cohort in the general community, and that music festivals venues (particularly those that cater for dance/house and rap) would be appropriate places for interventions to promote safer drug use.
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Drug and alcohol review · Jul 2008
The size and mix of government spending on illicit drug policy in Australia.
To estimate how much governments in Australia spend on reducing and dealing with illicit drug problems. ⋯ Several insights result from estimating these expenditures. First, law enforcement is the largest drug policy component, with Australian governments also spending significant amounts on treatment and prevention programmes. Secondly, apart from the prevention component, Australia's drug policy mix is strikingly similar to recent international estimates. Finally, expenditures associated with dealing with the consequences of illicit drugs are large and important for assessing drug-related public sector expenditure.
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Drug and alcohol review · Jul 2008
Ready to drinks are associated with heavier drinking patterns among young females.
To report patterns of use of ready to drinks (RTDs) and to assess if RTD consumers have heavier drinking patterns. RTDs were introduced in 1995. ⋯ RTDs were most popular among young people aged 14-17 years, and females. RTDs predicted higher typical occasion alcohol consumption and heavier drinking better than any other beverage for females aged 14-17 years. For the other age and gender groups, other beverages predicted higher quantity and frequency consumption.