Service providers' experience of methamphetamine and the portrayal of the 'ice epidemic' in remote Australia.
CONCLUSION: The respondents questioned the notion of an 'ice epidemic' and the use of federal funding for ice-related initiatives in remote communities, especially while general alcohol and other drug services were under-resourced.
PMID: 30693985 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Australian Journal of Rural Health - Category: Rural Health Authors: Cartwright K, Tait RJ Tags: Aust J Rural Health Source Type: research
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