Determine patterns of drug use and harms in sentinel samples of people who use drugs.
2000–ongoing
The Drug Trends projects involve annual surveys with samples of people who use drugs recruited from contacts with services or other means such as social media. We also collect secondary data on illicit drug use captured through routine databases such as hospitalisation databases.
The Drug Trends program is one of the key sources of illicit drug use patterns and trends in Australia. It has played a major role in understanding the impacts of drug use and informing ongoing debate in the community about how best to respond to these.
Funding
Partners
- Australian Government Department of Health through the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
Partners +
Collaborators
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
- National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
- University of Tasmania
- Institute for Social Sciences Research,University of Queensland
Project
Team
Meet the project team. Together, we are translating research into better health, for all.
