The suspected association between methamphetamine ('ice') smoking and frequent episodes of alcohol intoxication: data from the 1993 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

This study estimates the strength of association between frequent episodes of alcohol intoxication and recent smoking of methamphetamine ('ice'). Draw n from the 1993 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, a total of 101 ice smokers were matched on neighborhood of residence to 816 non-smokers. Base d upon conditional logistic regression analyses, persons with daily episode s of alcohol intoxication were an estimated five times more likely to have smoked ice, as compared with non-drinkers or drinkers with little or no his tory of alcohol intoxication. This estimate includes statistical adjustment for potential confounders (e.g. age, sex) and was statistically significan t (P = 0.01). The association between frequent alcohol intoxication and 'ic e smoking' offers an intriguing lead for a broad range of new research. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.