The line graph shows that, from 2011–12 to 2013–14, amphetamine was the most common drug of concern among amphetamine-related treatment episodes for clients’ own drug use. In 2014–15, methamphetamine became the most common drug of concern. The proportion of episodes for methamphetamine increased from 12.3% in 2011–12 to 83.7% in 2020–21, while episodes for amphetamine decreased from 86.4% to 5.9% over the same period.
The stacked horizontal bar chart shows the method of use for treatment episodes related to clients’ own use of methamphetamine, amphetamine, amphetamines not further defined, and other amphetamines in Tasmania in 2020–21. Injecting was the most common method of use across all amphetamine types (ranging from 47.9% to 52.8% of episodes).