WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DRUG TRENDS 2023 - Key Findings from the Western Australian

However, there were some differences in terms of sexual identities reported median price of crystal reported in 2022 and 2023 (p=0.009) with an methamphetamine decreased from $100 for increase in the number of participants who one point in 2022 to $80 in 2023 (p<0.001). [...] Smoking remained the most common route of administration in 2023 (100%), while there was Drug-Related Harms and Other a significant decrease in the number of Behaviours participants who reported inhaling/vaporising (n≤5) as their route of administration in 2023 o In 2023, 65% of the national IDRS (25% in 2022; p=0.013). [...] Alcohol experiencing injection-related use has been trending downward over the problems in the past month (31% in course of monitoring (64% in 2023; 80% in 2022), with an increase in the number of participants who reported having 12 Illicit Drug Reporting System 2023 experienced a blood clot near the o Fifty-four per cent of the sample surface of the skin from 6% in 2022 to reported experiencing s. [...] In 2023, 12% of the Perth sample reported participating in the 2022 IDRS survey, while in 2022, 18% of participants reported participating in the 2021 survey. [...] There were some significant differences in terms of sexual identities reported in 2022 and 2023 (p=0.009), with an increase in the number of participants who reported being heterosexual (90%; 78% in 2022), and a decrease in the number of participants who reported being bisexual (n≤5; 17% in 2022).