Drug use
Alternative labels
Drug abuse
Report
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2016–17: key findings (web report)
In 2016–17, 836 publicly-funded alcohol and other drug treatment services provided just over 200,000 treatment episodes to an estimated 127,000 clients.
Report
Drug use monitoring in Australia: 2015 and 2016 report on drug use among police detainees
The Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program is the nation’s largest and longest-running ongoing survey of police detainees across the country. This report describse the DUMA data collected between January 2015 and December 2016 at Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney.
Submission
Submission to Community Affairs Committee
ACOSS submission to Community Affairs Committee on Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018, recommending the Committee oppose this Bill.
Article
Right war, wrong weapons
America’s opioid crisis won’t be solved by the Mexican wall and capital punishment. Meanwhile, deaths keep rising, and Australia isn’t immune, writes Lesley Russell.
Report
Police detainee predictions on future Australian illicit drug market influences
Predicting market influences supports government, law enforcement and health sectors to proactively develop strategies to address future challenges in the Australian illicit drug market.