New data shows the continuing national rise in methamphetamine use among Australian police detainees. Abstract Delivered by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program supports the National Drug Strategy through its timely provision of data on changes in alcohol and other drug consumption habits among Australian police detainees...

This paper aims to report the occurrence of preloading within a Gold Coast sample. The aim is to assess: Who is preloading; Where they are preloading; Type of preloading; How much they are preloading; What motivates people to preload?

This report argues that Australia is currently not adequately equipped to deal with the growing problem of steroid use.

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...

Foreword: Prisoners experience high rates of drug dependence, health problems and premature mortality. Without intervention, they often come into further contact with the criminal justice system, creating further health risk. Opioid dependence is common among prisoners, yet treatment with opioid substitution therapy (OST) may reduce or prevent morbidity, mortality and offending. Using retrospective data linkage...