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Cannabis still most popular illicit drug in Australia but meth and cocaine use at near-record highs
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Cannabis continues to be Australia’s most consumed illicit drug but methamphetamine, cocaine and nicotine use are at near-record highs.
A national wastewater drug monitoring program report released by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission on Thursday includes consumption levels across regional and capital city centres.
Australia ranked fourth out of 34 nations covered by similar research in Europe, Asia, America and Oceania from March to May 2023 for illicit stimulant use.
The Australian data covers roughly 55% of the population, or about 14.1 million people, with wastewater samples taken from 56 sites across the country in December 2023 and February 2024.
The average consumption of methamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA, ketamine, alcohol and tobacco increased in both capital city and regional sites, despite large seizures of some of the illicit drugs.
August to December 2023 saw declines in capital city oxycodone and cannabis use but increases in everything from alcohol at one end of the spectrum to heroin at the other.
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