Illegal drugs
Alternative labels
Illegal drug crime
Illicit drugs
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Australian drug trends 2018: key findings from national Illicit Drugs Reporting System (IRDS) interviews
This research provides the most up-to-date findings from interviews conducted annually from 2000-2018 with a cross-sectional sentinel group of people who regularly inject drugs recruited from all capital cities of Australia.
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Marijuana legalisation in the United States: an Australian perspective
This paper outlines the regulatory requirements of different U.S states for managing medicinal and recreational marijuana use, and the costs and benefits of these measures.
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No longer just an inner city issue: meeting the demand for needles, syringes and Opioid Replacement Therapies (ORTs) across Melbourne's western suburbs
Sufficient access to needles, syringes and opioid replacement therapies (ORTs) across the western suburbs of Melbourne is an important health issue for the people who require these services, the organisations that support their health and welfare and the communities they live in. This document outlines current issues with access to these services in the western...
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Licit and illicit quetiapine use among IDRS participants
This paper presents a preliminary examination of the use of quetiapine (an antipsychotic drug) amongst a broader sample of people who inject drugs.
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Wrong track on opium
Next month's conference on Afghanistan should consider a novel scheme to neutralise the impact of soaring opium production, argues Hamish McDonald.