Drug Use by a Community Sample of Young Amphetamine Users in South-East Queensland â?' A Longitudinal Study

吸毒会以多种方式影响国民健康。1998-1999年，合法和非法药物使用的财政费用估计为344亿澳元，而与毒品有关的犯罪估计每年使澳大利亚损失19.6亿澳元。这项研究的价值在于它能够为以证据为基础的政策和实践提供信息，解决安非他明摄取和使用安非他明的轨迹和危害。这影响到制定战略，使澳大利亚青年能够对安非他明和其他药物的使用作出健康的选择，也影响到健康和有生产力的个人、家庭和社区所产生的更广泛的经济和社会效益。

Drug use can impact on the national well being in a multitude of ways. In 1998-1999 the fiscal cost of licit and illicit drug use was estimated to be $34.4 billion, while drug-related crime is estimated to cost Australia $1.96 billion annually. This study is valuable in its capacity to inform evidence-based policy and practice addressing amphetamine uptake and amphetamine use trajectories and harms. This has implications for developing strategies to enable young Australians to make healthy choices regarding amphetamine and other drug use, and for the broader economic and social benefits arising from healthy and productive individuals, families and communities.