Trends in morphine prescriptions, illicit morphine use and associated harms among regular injecting drug users in Australia

Degenhardt, Louisa; Black, Emma; Breen, Courtney; Bruno, Raimondo; A. Kinner, Stuart; Roxburgh, Amanda; Fry, Craig; Jenkinson, Rebecca; Ward, Jeff; Fetherston, James; Weekley, Josephine; FISCHER, JANE

doi:10.1080/09595230600868504

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Trends in morphine prescriptions, illicit morphine use and associated harms among regular injecting drug users in Australia

Published in Drug and Alcohol Review • Aug 30, 2006

Authors:

Louisa Degenhardt

Emma Black

Courtney Breen

Abstract

This paper examines population trends in morphine prescriptions in Australia, and contrasts them with findings from annual surveys with regular injecting drug users (IDU). Data on morphine prescriptions from 1995 to 2003 were obtained from the Drug Monitoring System (DRUMS) run by the Australian Gov...

Subject

Morphine

Heroin

Medicine

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