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Stimulants

by Lee K, Freeburn B, Ella S, Miller W, Perry J, Conigrave K

Abstract

This chapter is from the Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work and provides information for alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers on stimulants, including:

• stimulant use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• commonly used stimulants
• stimulants' effects on the body
• how to recognise harms from stimulants
• how to recognise stimulant dependence
• how to recognise stimulant withdrawal
• how to assess a client who uses stimulants
• how to help a person who uses stimulants
• stimulant overdose
• reducing the harms related to stimulant use if a person cannot or will not quit
• preventing stimulant use.

Abstract adapted from the University of Sydney

Links

• View book: Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work (PDF - 3.9 MB)
  Stimulants - see chapter 6, pages 159-172
• View information: Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work
• View website: University of Sydney, Indigenous substance misuse program