week 4

Question 1

why do we focus on young people?

Answer 1

most common time for onset substance use
lake of experiences
still developing
higher risk taking 
social context is different eg. drinking at a house party compared to a safe bar

Question 2

how many young people have never smoked?

Answer 2

82% of young people have never smoked

Question 3

is smoking increasing for young people?

Answer 3

cigerettes are decreasing but vapes are increasing

Question 4

when do young people usually start drinking

Answer 4

year 10

year 11 and 12 risky drinking is really high much higher than moderate and non-drinking

Question 5

what is the most common drug in young people? how often do they use it?

Answer 5

weed

17% have used and 8% within the last month

Question 6

inhalant use in young people

Answer 6

young people 12-15 especially females use inhalants then it decreases as age increases

Question 7

older people risks

Answer 7

tobacco is not decreasing for 50-60
more likely to consume daily but less likely to binge drink
illicit drug use increasing (almost doubled for 50s)
high use of pharma drugs both prescribed and not

Question 8

what percentage of PWID experience discrimination

Answer 8

80%

Question 9

what are the most common injectables in use in aus?

Answer 9

meth and herion

Question 10

injection related health problems

Answer 10

dirty hit
nerve damage
artery infection
blood borne viruses eg. HIV

Question 11

what percentage of injectable drug users experience health related problems

Answer 11

45%
22% dirty hit
20% nerve damage
15% artery infection

Question 12

how is hiv amongst injecting drug community

Answer 12

low in australia compared to world even with high injecting rates

Question 13

women drug statistics

Answer 13

men 1.4 times more likely than women to use illicit drugs
13% 14+ recently used drugs
increase in coke and weed and mdma for women in 30s
significant increase in meth use (0.9 to 1.6%) in women in their 40s

Question 14

smoking trends in women

Answer 14

smoking is decreasing amongst women 14+
smoking rates lowest amongst 75+ age range 
low soc 4x more likely to smoke
39.1% Indigenous women smoke daily 
regional women 1.6x more likely

Question 15

how does alcohol impact women

Answer 15

women get drunk faster due to higher body fat percentage

Question 16

Indigenous people drinking

Answer 16

more likely to never drink but if do drink more likely for it to be binge drinking than non-Indigenous people

Question 17

drug use in Indigenous people

Answer 17

23% of Indigenous people used illicit drugs in 12 months
more drug deaths
more injecting

Question 18

LGBTI+

Answer 18

Tobacco, alcohol, drug use higher than straight people
9x more likely to use inhalants
3.9x likely to use meth
3.5x likely to use hallucinogens
2.6x likely to use mdma

Question 19

LGBt mental disorders

Answer 19

mental health disorders higher than any other group or demographic in aus