Drug use
Alternative labels
Drug abuse
Report
Enquiry into the provision of alcohol and drug rehabilitation services following contact with the criminal justice system
This report confirms that access to rehabilitation services remains the dominant concern for prisoners and former prisoners struggling with addiction.
Report
Inquiry into crystal methamphetamine (ice): first report
This report's focus is on law enforcement, or supply reduction measures to address crystal methamphetamine (ice) use in Australia.
Journal article
‘Zero tolerance’ drug driving laws in Australia: a gap between rationale and form?
This article examines Australia's idiosyncratic approach to the criminalisation of drug driving, highlighting its weak correlation with the important road safety objective of deterring substance-impaired driving, and the risks of both over- and under-criminalisation that it creates.
Report
National wastewater drug monitoring program: report 2
The July 2017 report is the second in a series of nine public reports. This data provides statistically valid datasets of methylamphetamine usage and distribution patterns across 37 sites in capital city and regional areas across all states and territories except South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Strategy
National drug strategy 2017-2026
The purpose of this strategy is to provide a national framework which identifies national priorities relating to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, guides action by governments in partnership with service providers and the community, and outlines a national commitment to harm minimisation.