The Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program surveys alleged offenders in police detention in nine places around Australia about their drug use and criminal behaviour.

Since its inception in 1999, the DUMA program has been the only nationwide survey of drug use by alleged offenders in Australia conducted on a routine basis. It operates in nine sites across Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria and the Northern Territory and provides policymakers and law enforcement authorities with timely and critical information on drugs and crime. This report outlines key trends in drug use by police detainees during 2007–08.

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