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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY DRUG TRENDS 2023 - Key Findings from the Australian Capital Territory

30 Nov 2023

The results are not from $25 in 2022 to $30 in 2023 (p=0.023) and representative of all people who use illicit the price of powder increased from $200 per drugs, nor of use in the general population. [...] o Three in ten (30%) participants reported o On the last occasion of ecstasy or related accessing any health service for alcohol drug use, 86% of participants in 2023 and/or drug support in the six months reported concurrent use of two or more preceding interview, and 29% of the sample drugs. [...] means of participants arranging the o Three quarters (77%) of the sample purchase of illicit or non-prescribed drugs reported engaging in some form of sexual in the 12 months preceding interview (74%; activity in the past four weeks, of which 21% 68% in 2022). [...] Eight per cent of the 2023 Canberra sample completed the interview in 2022, and 11% of the 2022 sample completed the interview in 2021 (p=0.474). [...] Ecstasy Powder Price: The median price per gram of ecstasy Ecstasy Crystal powder significantly increased from $200 in Price: The median price of a gram of crystal 2022 (IQR=170-200; n=11) to $225 (IQR=200- was $250 in 2023 (IQR=200-250; n=27; $200 in 250; n=13; p=0.044) in 2023.

Authors

Julia Uporova

Pages
88
Published in
Australia