New study puts price on ice use for mental health sector

The cost of Australia’s ice epidemic to the country’s mental health sector is ‘conservatively’ estimated at $193 million a year, a new Griffith Business School study has found.
Thomas Massey, who graduated with an honours degree in economics, also established a profile for people most at risk of taking up ice.
He analysed the demographic variables of people who use methamphetamine, using statistics from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey (AIHW).
“The most at-risk audience is aged 25-35 years old, single, living either alone or with flatmates, relatively uneducated and residing in major cities or rural areas,” he said.
“Those living in outer suburbs are less likely than those living in the city to take up methamphetamine. Furthermore, people living in outer regional and remote parts of Australia are significantly more likely to take up the drug.”
Who uses methamphetamine?
The economic study, which compared demographic data from 2013 with data from 2004, also found females

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