For example, clients smoking (report either smoking or inhaling amphetamines in vapour form) will largely be using the crystal form and clients ingesting or snorting are most likely to be using the powder form. Closing the gap clearinghouse. 2010). For example: Sources:2004 to 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Surveys; 200304 to 201314 Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set. Overweight and obesity refers to abnormal or excessive fat accumulation which presents health risks. 1996). Nationally representative data on the number of people newly diagnosed with high blood pressure, dyslipidaemia and impaired fasting glucose during COVID-19 are currently not available. The four most commonly used illicit drugs are cannabis, ecstasy, methamphetamine and cocaine. The health consequences of smoking50 years of progress: a report of the Surgeon General, 2014. This included the impact of injecting drug use and cocaine, opioid, amphetamine and cannabis dependence. Simple measures generally use information from only two socioeconomic groupsthe lowest and highestand ignore the middle groups. This is a much smaller difference than in smoking rates. In 201718, an estimated 23% of adults had measured high blood pressure but were not taking any blood pressure medication. As there is currently a substantial community and policy interest in the use and effects of 'ice', (seeBox 4.5.1) the second part of this article focuses in more detail on methamphetamine and explores recent trends in availability, use and treatment, and highlights the current evidence about this drug. This was consistent with results reported in 201415 (AIHW analysis of ABS 2016). The Biomedical Model and Mental Health in Australia: A - MINDFLUENCE Between 2010 and 2015, the reported median number of days crystal was used in the last 6 months surpassed the median number of days for powder use7 days for crystal and 10 days for powder in 2010, compared with 20 days for crystal and 11 days for powder and in 2015 (Stafford & Burns 2014). 24: Government drug policy expenditure in Australia2009/10. Data from the general practice insights report have shown that the prescribing rates of lipid lowering medications and blood pressure lowering medications increased sharply in March 2020, before measures such as restrictions on movement were put in place (NPS MedicineWise 2021). PM&C (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet) 2015. Discretionary foods contributed 35% of energy intake for adults, and 39% for children and young people aged 218 in 201112 (ABS 2014). Dependent users have been found to be three times as likely to experience psychotic symptoms as non-dependent users (McKetin et al. around 1 in 4 (27%) had vitamin D deficiency, and this condition was more common among Indigenous adults living in remote areas (39%) than among those living in non-remote areas (23%). See Burden of disease. Canberra: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund.
