Sunday, April 01, 2007

[Australia] Ice addicts causing havoc in hospital / News.com.au, 1 April 2007
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Tamara McLean
"HOSPITALS have endured a fourfold increase in cases of drug-induced psychosis in the past decade, fuelled by addiction to dangerous stimulants, landmark research shows.
Drug experts and emergency doctors have warned that the problem of addiction to methamphetamines – ice, crystal meth and speed – is set to escalate unless funds are urgently redirected into health and social services."

Amphetamine-related presentations to an inner-city tertiary emergency department: a prospective evaluation
Medical Journal of Australia 2007; 186 (7): 336-339
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Suzanne D Gray, Daniel M Fatovich, David L McCoubrie and Frank F Daly