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Drug statistics

Friday 26 June, 2009

Below are links to statistics from the following areas: 

More reports and statistics can be found in the DrugInfo Clearinghouse library.

Victoria

General

Victorian Alcohol Statistics Handbook series
Melbourne: Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre

Victorian Drug Statistics Handbook: Patterns of drug use and related harm in Victoria
Melbourne: Victorian Government Department of Human Services

Victorian trends in ecstasy and related drug markets: Findings from the Ecstasy and related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)
Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

Victorian drug trends: Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS)
Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

Young people

Victorian secondary school students' use of licit and illict substances in 2005: results from the 2005 Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug Survey
White V, Szabo E, Hayman J, Webster B, Hain A & Fairthorne A 2006 Melbourne: Victorian Government Department of Human Services

Victorian Youth Alcohol and Drug Survey 2004: Alcohol findings [PDF 647 KB]
Premier's Drug Prevention Council (PDPC) 2005 Melbourne: PDPC, Victorian Government Department of Human Services

Victorian Youth Alcohol and Drug Survey 2004: Illicit drug findings [PDF 394 KB]
Premier's Drug Prevention Council (PDPC) 2005 Melbourne: PDPC, Victorian Government Department of Human Services

Australia

General statistics

2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2008

Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2006-07: Report on the national minimum data set
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Australian Bureau of Statistics: Health statistics
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Australian drug trends: Illicit drug reporting system (IDRS)
Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

Australian drug trends: ecstasy and related drugs reporting system (EDRS)
Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

Crime and criminal justice statistics
Griffith, ACT: Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)

Drug use monitoring in Australia (DUMA)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)

Illicit drug data report
Canberra: Australian Crime Commission (ACC)

Interactive alcohol and other drug treatment services data
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

National alcohol indicators
Perth: National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)

Statistics on drug use in Australia 2006
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Young people

Australian secondary school students' use of alcohol in 2005
White V & Hayman J 2006 Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Australian secondary school students' use of over-the-counter and illicit substances in 2005
White V & Hayman J 2006 Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Smoking behaviours of Australian secondary school students in 2005
White V & Hayman J 2006 Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

International

Global statistics

Global illicit drug trends
Vienna: United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (UNODC) 

Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH)
Geneva: World Health Organization

World drug report 2009 [PDF: 9MB]
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
New York: United Nations, June 2009

Europe

Statistical bulletin
Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

Country overviews
Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

Canada

General health and addiction statistics
Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse

New Zealand

Drug trends and statistics
Wellington: New Zealand Drug Foundation

United Kingdom

Drug-related deaths in the UK. Annual report 2008 International Centre for Drug Policy
London: St George's University of London, 2008

Smoking, drinking and drug use
London: United Kingdom. Department of Health

United States

Prev-stat: data search - county statistics
Bloomington, IN: Indiana Prevention Resource Centre

Substance abuse and mental health statistics
Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)