"That Line Just Kept Moving": Motivations and Experiences of People Who Use Methamphetamine.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Methamphetamine use is on the rise with increasing emergency department (ED) visits, behavioral health crises, and deaths associated with use and overdose. Emergency clinicians describe methamphetamine use as a significant problem with high resource utilization and violence against staff, but little is known about the patient's perspective. In this study our objective was to identify the motivations for initiation and continued methamphetamine use among people who use methamphetamine and their experiences in the ED to guide future ED-based approaches.

Methods

This was a qualitative study of adults residing in the state of Washington in 2020, who used methamphetamine in the prior 30 days, met criteria for moderate- to high-risk use, reported recently receiving ca

SUBMITTER: Fockele CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10047723 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature