An anthropologist who wrote a book exploring meth’s impact on rural communities explains what drove the epidemic and how it’s changed.
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One report says methamphetamine use is rising. Another says it’s falling. So what’s going on?
Negative attitudes lead to stigma, which sees people who use drugs isolated and marginalised.
The US has seen a huge rise in drug deaths in the past decade involving a stimulant and a depressant.
For those who need it, Adderall and other stimulants can be game-changing medications that help restore the chemical imbalances underlying ADHD. But for those who don’t, these drugs can be harmful.
Photographing the lives of women meth users in rural America.
As British Columbia begins a new era in drug policy, the drug poisoning crisis continues without an end in sight.
If governments want to tackle drug use, targeting those at most risk is a better strategy than mass campaigns.
British Columbia’s bold experiment provides an opportunity to implement more balance in Canadian drug policy, and a more principled withdrawal from the war on drugs.
False narratives about drug addiction and policies that are not supported by research are deepening the overdose epidemic in the US.
Chemicals in drugs can be excreted unchanged, infiltrating waterways via sewage and effluent.
A history of the drug crystal meth.
Methamphetamine use has increased dramatically in Asia in the past five years, overtaking even the US. Now cartels spy an opportunities in Europe.
Fentanyl has been a prime culprit in the opioid crisis in the United States. It’s now turning up in cocaine and methamphetamine in New South Wales.
There’s widespread attention on the dangers of opioid addiction, but use of damaging crystal meth continues in the U.S., with police seizures rising.
A new study has looked at why some ice users suffer psychosis and others don’t.
Most of the evidence drawn on by critics of the trial comes from places that have implemented such programs. So, have they worked?
When we think of methamphetamine-related death we tend to focus on overdose. The extent of the problem, however, extends far beyond drug toxicity.
Let’s take claims about the value of drug seizures with a grain of salt.
Carfentanil is an ultra-potent synthetic opioid. Its only legitimate use is in veterinary practice for large animals such as elephants, but it sneaks into heroin shipments to increase its potency.
Top contributors
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Research Fellow/Epidemiologist, Australian Institute of Family Studies
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Youth Work & Youth Studies, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University
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Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Birmingham
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Professor and Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London
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Professor of History, Shanghai University
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Associate professor of Sociology, Huaqiao University
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Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, and Director, Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
