SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DRUG TRENDS 2023 - Key Findings from the South Australian Ecstasy and

The results are recent use of ecstasy crystal increased not representative of all people who use illicit significantly from 22% in 2022 to 39% in 2023 drugs, nor of use in the general population. [...] and/or drug support in the six months o Thirty-six per cent of participants reported preceding interview, and 29% of the sample that they or someone else had tested the reported experiencing stigma in any setting content and/or purity of their illicit drugs in in the six months preceding interview. [...] illicit or non-prescribed drugs in the 12 o Almost three-quarters (74%) of the sample months preceding interview, which reported engaging in some form of sexual significantly increased from 72% in 2022 to activity in the past four weeks, of which 22% 85% in 2023 (p=0.031). [...] Thirteen per cent of the 2023 Adelaide sample completed the interview in 2022, and 16% of the 2022 Adelaide sample completed the interview in 2021 (p=0.691). [...] Of those who reported recent use ecstasy pills and commented (n=53), the most and responded (n=53), the median maximum common route of administration in 2023 was number of capsules used in a session was three swallowing (91%; 98% in 2022; p=0.231), (IQR=2-5; 2 capsules in 2022; IQR=1-4; n=46; followed by snorting (26%; 15% in 2022; p=0.014).