Meth users who both smoke and inject the drug most likely to engage in crime and violence

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Among users of methamphetamine, commonly known as meth or ice, those who both smoke and inject the drug tend to be more frequent users and are more likely to engage in violent behaviour and crime than those who only take the drug one way either by injection or smoking, according to Australian research. The authors say this suggests the concurrent smoking and injecting of methamphetamine has the potential to be associated with more harm than either solely injecting or solely smoking the drug.

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Organisation/s: The University of New South Wales, University of Tasmania

Funder: Data were collected through the Methamphetamine Treatment Evaluation Study (MATES), conducted by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney. MATES was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (Project Grant 350974) and the Australian Government. The 8 R. McKetin et al. © 2021 The Authors. Drug and Alcohol Review published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Health. LD is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Principal Research Fellowship and a National Institute of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse grant (R01DA1104470). AP is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Fellowship.

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