week 4 Flashcards
why do we focus on young people?
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
how many young people have never smoked?
82% of young people have never smoked
is smoking increasing for young people?
cigerettes are decreasing but vapes are increasing
when do young people usually start drinking
year 10
year 11 and 12 risky drinking is really high much higher than moderate and non-drinking
what is the most common drug in young people? how often do they use it?
weed
17% have used and 8% within the last month
inhalant use in young people
young people 12-15 especially females use inhalants then it decreases as age increases
older people risks
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
what percentage of PWID experience discrimination
80%
what are the most common injectables in use in aus?
meth and herion
injection related health problems
dirty hit
nerve damage
artery infection
blood borne viruses eg. HIV
what percentage of injectable drug users experience health related problems
45%
22% dirty hit
20% nerve damage
15% artery infection
how is hiv amongst injecting drug community
low in australia compared to world even with high injecting rates
women drug statistics
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
smoking trends in women
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
how does alcohol impact women
women get drunk faster due to higher body fat percentage
Indigenous people drinking
more likely to never drink but if do drink more likely for it to be binge drinking than non-Indigenous people
drug use in Indigenous people
23% of Indigenous people used illicit drugs in 12 months
more drug deaths
more injecting
LGBTI+
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
LGBt mental disorders
mental health disorders higher than any other group or demographic in aus
