ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE:
HEALTH IMPACTS AND PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS
In the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 1997 10,000 people had prevalence to substance abuse disorders.
Dependence - has replaced the word addiction
Harmful use has replaced the word Abuse
Australia is ranked 15TH in the world with Alcohol Abuse. France is ranked No. 1
Drug use disorders overall substance abuse 18-25 21.5% males
10.6% females
Alcohol abuse is most prevalent in these age groups, although female figures are consistently lower.
30% of the Australia Population smoke, 99% of these are also substance abusers.
It should be noted that most substance abusers poly drug use. Although heroin users don't as a rule drink alcohol when on heroin (alcohol and heroin can cause a fatal overdose.)
Cocaine (professional drug) use in Melbourne has been minimal, because Cocaine makes people hyper alert......
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