This report provides an estimate of Australian governments’ proactive expenditure on illicit drugs for the financial year 2021/22. Four drug policy domains were included: prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and law enforcement. The report finds that Australian governments spend more on law enforcement in illicit drug policy than treatment, prevention and harm reduction combined.

Given the inevitable growth of virtual and hybrid services in the context of place-based service delivery, this report argues that future government initiatives should consider how virtual services can be included in the design and how they are integrated and interact with face-to-face components.

This rapid review examines the relationship between price, purity and seven population level measures of drug-related harm and any differences across three drug types.

This report is a mixed-methods research project examining the current Northern Territory alcohol treatment services system. It provides an assessment of how much treatment is currently provided; how much should be provided to meet current demand; and the challenges, barriers and opportunities associated with the planning and delivery of alcohol treatment services in the Territory.

This research found an overall movement away from street based drug purchasing and drug use, towards more activity in private settings, which has important implications for the harms experienced by people who inject drugs. Foreword This paper investigates the frequency of intravenous drug use in a cohort of people who inject drugs, and the decline...