Report 22 of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program collected for up to 7 days in both December 2023 and February 2024. Alcohol and nicotine were the highest consumed drugs in all states and territories in December 2023, followed by cannabis and methylamphetamine. The scale of drug consumption for the remaining drugs varied by state...

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.

Australia is a highly attractive market for transnational organised crime organisations which are importing illicit drugs on an industrial scale due to the exceptional profitability of the drug market. This report recommends that the Australian government commission research to understand the impacts of decriminalisation in Australian and international jurisdictions where reforms have been implemented. Such...

Report 21 analysed sampling of Australia’s drug consumption from a full year, August 2022 to August 2023. This occurred across capital city and regional sites, covering 57% of the population.

Report 20 covered sampling in April and June 2023. A population of about 14 million Australians, equating to approximately 55% of our country’s population was sampled.