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Crystal Meth Users More Likely to Later Inject Drugs, Study Finds
April 9, 2008

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Research Summary

Street kids in Vancouver who use crystal methamphetamine are three times more likely to move on to injection-drug use than their non crystal-using peers, according to research from the B.C. Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

The Canadian Press reported April 2 that health workers interviewed 478 youths living on the streets of Vancouver, 71 percent of whom said they used crystal methamphetamine. Ninety-four percent of those interviewed said finding drugs on the street was "very easy."

Study co-author Thomas Kerr said the study showed the need for innovative drug policies to prevent progression to injection-drug use, which raises the risk of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis transmission.

The study was published in the May 2008 issue of the journal Drug & Alcohol Review.

This article summarizes an external report or press release on research published in a scientific journal. When available, links to the sources are provided above.

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