AIMS: To determine the comparative levels of violent offending and victimization among regular methamphetamine and heroin users. DESIGN: Cross-sectional Setting Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 400 regular methamphetamine (METH) and heroin (HER) users (118 methamphetamine users: METH; 161 regular heroin users: HER; 121 regular users of both: BOTH). FINDINGS: Eighty-two per cent reported a life-time history of committing violent crime, 41% in the past 12 months. There were no group differences in life-time violence, but the METH group were significantly more likely than the HER group to have committed violence in the past 12 months (odds ratio 1.94). Nearly all (95%) reported that they had been a victim of violent crime, 46% in the preceding 12 months, with no group differences. Those who had committed a violent crime in the past 12 months were 13.23 times more likely to have been a victim in that period. The majority believed it unlikely that they would be a victim of (78%), or commit (87%), a violent crime in the next 12 months. CONCLUSIONS: Regular methamphetamine use appears to be associated with an increased risk of violent offending, but not victimization, compared with heroin use.
AIMS: To determine the comparative levels of violent offending and victimization among regular methamphetamine and heroin users. DESIGN: Cross-sectional Setting Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 400 regular methamphetamine (METH) and heroin (HER) users (118 methamphetamine users: METH; 161 regular heroin users: HER; 121 regular users of both: BOTH). FINDINGS: Eighty-two per cent reported a life-time history of committing violent crime, 41% in the past 12 months. There were no group differences in life-time violence, but the METH group were significantly more likely than the HER group to have committed violence in the past 12 months (odds ratio 1.94). Nearly all (95%) reported that they had been a victim of violent crime, 46% in the preceding 12 months, with no group differences. Those who had committed a violent crime in the past 12 months were 13.23 times more likely to have been a victim in that period. The majority believed it unlikely that they would be a victim of (78%), or commit (87%), a violent crime in the next 12 months. CONCLUSIONS: Regular methamphetamine use appears to be associated with an increased risk of violent offending, but not victimization, compared with heroin use.
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