A perspective on Illicit drug use for Pacific people living in New Zealand

Vili Nosa; Dwaine Faletanoai; Audrey Po'e-Tofaeono; David Newcombe

doi:10.26635/phd.2022.149

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A perspective on Illicit drug use for Pacific people living in New Zealand

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A perspective on Illicit drug use for Pacific people living in New Zealand

Vili Nosa, Dwaine Faletanoai, Audrey Po'e-Tofaeono and David Newcombe

Pacific Health Dialog, Vol.21(10), pp.693-696

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26635/phd.2022.149

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Abstract

Historically, alcohol and tobacco use has been the main substance use for Pacific people in New Zealand (NZ).1,2,3 However, more recently, illicit drug use is a new emerging concerning trend amongst Pacific people in New Zealand. Illicit drugs refer to highly addictive and illegal substances such as cannabis, synthetic cannabinoids, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine. Importantly, Pacific youth have been identified as having higher prevalence rates than other age groups in the Pacific population in New Zealand. 4 Although, Pacific people have higher rates of substance abuse, they tend to have lower rates of accessing health service access compared with the New Zealand general population.5 Very little research has examined illicit drug use for Pacific people. With the emergence of rising illicit drug use, there is an urgent needed to identify why illicit drugs will become an issue for Pacific people in the future.

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Title: A perspective on Illicit drug use for Pacific people living in New Zealand
Authors: Vili Nosa (Corresponding Author) - University of Auckland
Dwaine Faletanoai - University of Auckland
Audrey Po'e-Tofaeono - University of Auckland
David Newcombe - University of Auckland
Publication details: Pacific Health Dialog, Vol.21(10), pp.693-696
Publisher: Pasifika Medical Association
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.26635/phd.2022.149
ISSN: 2422-8656; 1015-7867
Copyright note: © 2022 Nosa V, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credit.
Organisation Unit: School of Health - Psychology
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991195438002621
Output Type: Journal article

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