Longitudinal patterns of amphetamine use from adolescence to adulthood: A latent class analysis of a 20-year prospective study of Australians

After cannabis, amphetamines are some of the most widely used illicit substances globally. In recent years, their use and associated harms have risen in some countries including Australia, China, Indonesia and Myanmar (Degenhardt et al., 2016; Lai et al., 2016; UNODC, 2013). Regular use of amphetamines, especially by injection or smoking, is strongly associated with psychoses, depression, intentional self-harm and suicide attempts (Darke et al., 2008; Marshall and Werb, 2010; Park and Haning, 2016).
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