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Did the under-reporting of meth/amphetamine use increase in a general population survey in Australia as negative media coverage increased?

Gary Chung Kai ChanTianze Sun BPsycCarmen C W LimDaniel StjepanovićBrienna RutherfordBenjamin JohnsonWayne D HallJanni K Y Leung
Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2022)
In Australia, the actual prevalence of lifetime meth/amphetamine use may be two- to fourfold higher than that estimated in the most recent national household surveys (2019). The level of under-reporting is strongly associated with increasing negative attitudes towards methylamphetamine and d-amphetamine use over the same period.
Keyphrases
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