Drug Statistics

Drug statistics provide a valuable tool for monitoring trends in illicit drugs. The following section provides the main data sources on prevalence and incidence of drug use and regular surveys of illicit drug users. A short statement is provided about each dataset (frequency of collection, sampling frame and data types) to aid in use and interpretation of each data source.

The first group lists the Australian databases.
The second group lists selected data sources from other countries.

Australian databases
International drug data

Contact

DPMP Director
Assoc Prof Alison Ritter

Postal Address
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052, Australia

Street Address
Randwick Campus
22 - 32 King St
Randwick NSW 2031

T +61 (2) 9385 0186
F +61 (2) 9385 0222
E alison.ritter@unsw.edu.au