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New Drug Use Monitoring in Australia report shows how the methamphetamine market has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic

New Drug Use Monitoring in Australia report shows how the methamphetamine market has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since the pandemic began, the availability and quality of methamphetamine have decreased, prices have increased and consumption has declined.
The impact of the pandemic on the methamphetamine market varied by location, with more disruption identified in Perth than in Brisbane or Adelaide.
Almost one-third of respondents (30%) bought larger quantities of methamphetamine during the pandemic to avoid a possible shortage in product, and 28 percent had used other substances as a substitute for methamphetamine.

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