TASMANIAN DRUG TRENDS 2023 - Key Findings from the Tasmanian Illicit

In 2022 and 2023, with half (50%) of the 2023, there were significant increases in the participants nominating methamphetamine as quantity of use for methamphetamine crystal their drug of choice in 2023 (53% in 2022), and powder. [...] In 2023, however, there was a significant increase in the use of Cocaine non-prescribed buprenorphine tablets, with In 2023, recent use of cocaine remained stable 20% of participants reporting recent use (7% in relative to 2022 (15%; 14% in 2022). [...] o One fifth (21%) of the sample reported o In 2023, 93% of the sample had been tested experiencing injection-related problems in for SARS-CoV-2 by the time of interview and the past month (22% in 2022). [...] o Thirty-nine per cent of participants reported engaging in ‘any’ crime in the past month in 2023 (38% in 2022), with 38% having been arrested in the past year (31% in 2022). [...] In 2023, recent use on daily use of methamphetamine powder in of crystal was reported by 85% of the Hobart 2023 (29% in 2022; p=0.129).