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ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE:
HEALTH IMPACTS AND PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS

In the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 1997 10,000 people had prevalence to substance abuse disorders.

Dependence - has replaced the word addiction

Harmful use – has replaced the word Abuse

Australia is ranked 15TH in the world with Alcohol Abuse. France is ranked No. 1

Drug use disorders overall substance abuse 18-25 21.5% males
10.6% females

Alcohol abuse is most prevalent in these age groups, although female figures are consistently lower.

30% of the Australia Population smoke, 99% of these are also substance abusers.

It should be noted that most substance abusers poly drug use. Although heroin users don't as a rule drink alcohol when on heroin – (alcohol and heroin can cause a fatal overdose.)

Cocaine (professional drug) use in Melbourne has been minimal, because Cocaine makes people hyper alert......

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