HealthDay (6/4) reported, “Methamphetamine users are at increased risk for physical and mental health problems as well as other substance use disorders,” investigators concluded in an “analysis of data from the U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health for 2015 to 2019.” The study revealed that “meth users were nearly twice as likely as non-users to have two or more chronic medical conditions.” What’s more, “they were more than three times as likely to have mental illness, and more than four times as likely to have a substance use disorder involving drugs such as heroin, prescription stimulants, prescription opioids, cocaine and sedatives.” In addition, users of meth “had higher rates of liver disease (hepatitis or cirrhosis), lung disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma), and HIV/AIDS than non-users.” The findings were published online June 3 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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— “Other Health Woes Common When Meth Addiction Strikes ” Robert Preidt, HealthDay , June 4, 2021