Drug and Alcohol Ethics

Question 1

How many drug related deaths were reported globally in 2012 among people 15-64 years?

Answer 1

226,000

Question 2

How many people are addicted to drugs or alchohol worldwide?

How many have access to treatment services?

Answer 2

39 Million people addicted

1 in 6 have access to treatment

Question 3

How many people aged 14+ report exceeding single occasion risky drinking at least once a month?

Answer 3

26%

Question 4

How many people have consumed 11+ standard drinks on a single drinking occasion in the past 12 months?

Answer 4

15.6%

Question 5

Who is most likely to exceed the lifetime risk levels?

Answer 5

Males - 26% vs 10%

Question 6

Who is most likely to drink at risky levels?

Answer 6

Young women (18-24) and males in their 20’s and 40’s

Question 7

How many people have been physically assaulted by another person under the influence of alcohol in the past 12months?

Answer 7

1.7 Million

Question 8

Drinking Statistics

Answer 8

Question 9

Is the number of people participating in illicit drug use increasing or decreasing?

Answer 9

Increasing

Question 10

What is the most popular illicit drug?

Answer 10

Cannabis

Question 11

What drug use has decreased?

Answer 11

Ecstasy
Heroin
GHB

Question 12

What drug use has increased?

Answer 12

Pharmaceuticals

Question 13

Who is more likely to use illicit drugs?

Answer 13

Males over females
18.1% vs 12.1%

(20-29year old males most likely)

Question 14

What has happened with methamphetamine use?

Answer 14

The use of crystal meth (ice) doubled to 50% and people are using more frequently (daily or weekly instead of monthly)

Question 15

How many people have been the victim of an illicit drug related incident?

Answer 15

8.3%
~ 1.8million people

Question 16

In 2011-2012 how many agencies provided how many episodes of treatment?

Answer 16

659 Agencies
153,668 Episodes

Question 17

Who accessed treatment and why?

Answer 17

Almost all were clients receiving help for their own drug use (96%) and 68% were male client

Question 18

What did people receive treatment for?

Answer 18

Alcohol was most common drug of concern (49%) followed by cannabis (22%) followed by methamphetamine (11%)

81% of clients reported more than one drug of concerns

Question 19

What types of treatment were provided?

Answer 19

Counselling was main form of treatment (49%), followed by withdrawal management (18%), and then assessment only (14%)

Question 20

Where were treatment agencies located?

Answer 20

Almost all treatment agencies (60%) are in major cities with only 11% in remote or very remote areas.

Question 21

What is the difference between a code of conduct and a code of ethics?

Answer 21

Codes of conduct specify actions in the workplace, and codes of ethics are general guides to decisions about those actions.