Report
Comparison of patterns of illicit drug use in Australia and the United States
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
1997
Abstract
Patterns in substance use and abuse are changing more and more quickly in the US, and they are spreading across the world at a very rapid pace. Part of the speed of these changes is due to increasing supplies of drugs, especially heroin; part is due to new marketing strategies that target more affluent customers; and part is due to increasing use of the Internet, which provides detailed information on new ways to produce and use drugs. As the drug scene has become global, no country is isolated. This paper, which is a summary of the trends reported at the 1995, 1996, and 1997 Community Epidemiology Work Group meetings in the US, along with the results of the 1995 Australian National Drug Household Survey, the 1995 US National Survey on Drug Abuse, the 1996 Australian Drug Trends Report, school surveys, and surveys of adults and juveniles in prison and detention facilities in New South Wales and Texas, shows the similarities between the US and Australia.
Details
- Title
- Comparison of patterns of illicit drug use in Australia and the United States
- Authors
- Jane C Maxwell (Author) - Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, United StatesJeremy D Davey (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publisher
- Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Date published
- 1997
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450758202621
- Output Type
- Report
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