Alcohol continues to be the number one drug of concern for Australians seeking treatment for drug or alcohol issues, according to a report released on Saturday by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The report, Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2007-08: report on the National Minimum Data Set, found that treatment for alcohol issues has continued to increase, with treatment for alcohol comprising 44% of treatment episodes in 2007-08 compared with 38% in 2002-03. Alcohol treatment was followed by treatments for cannabis (22% of treatment episodes), amphetamines (11%) and heroin (11%).
Counselling was the most common form of treatment followed by withdrawal management.
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