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  • Australia’s ice crisis and the detrimental mental health effects of recent use

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    Author(s)
    Massey, Thomas
    Verikios, George
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    Verikios, George
    Year published
    2019
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    Abstract
    This work applies propensity score matching to assess the impact of methamphetamine on mental health. Using Australian microdata from the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey, Kessler scores of recent and non-recent methamphetamine users are analysed after controlling for confounding variables. The results support the decision to prepare frontline emergency service workers for the psychological issues present in those consuming methamphetamine. The results also highlight the importance for policy makers to develop effective harm reduction programmes. An estimate of the mental health costs associated with methamphetamine ...
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    This work applies propensity score matching to assess the impact of methamphetamine on mental health. Using Australian microdata from the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey, Kessler scores of recent and non-recent methamphetamine users are analysed after controlling for confounding variables. The results support the decision to prepare frontline emergency service workers for the psychological issues present in those consuming methamphetamine. The results also highlight the importance for policy makers to develop effective harm reduction programmes. An estimate of the mental health costs associated with methamphetamine abuse is also presented, the findings of which strongly support additional government spending on harm reduction.
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    Journal Title
    Economic Analysis and Policy
    Volume
    64
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2019.07.004
    Copyright Statement
    © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
    Subject
    Economics
    Health economics
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/387057
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