Drug use monitoring in Australia: Drug use among police detainees, 2019

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Doherty, Laura
Sullivan, Tom
ISSN
2206-7930
ISBN
9781925304695
Published Date
Subject
Drug use monitoring in Australia
Police detainees
Surveys
Series
Statistical Report
30
Research Program
DUMA
Abstract

Established in 1999, the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program is funded by the Australian Government and is the nation’s longest-running ongoing survey of police detainees across the country. DUMA comprises two core components: a self-report survey on drug use, criminal justice history and demographic information; and voluntary urinalysis.

In 2019, 78 percent (n=676) of detainees tested positive to at least one type of drug, and 44 percent (n=382) tested positive to more than one drug type. Methamphetamine had the highest test positive rate of any drug (51%, n=444), and was also described as the most readily available.

Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Acronyms
  • Abstract
  • Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program
    • Data collection
  • Drug and alcohol use
    • Amphetamine-type stimulants
    • Cannabis
    • Opioids
    • Benzodiazepines
    • Cocaine
    • Benzodiazepines
    • Cocaine
    • Reported alcohol use
  • Drug market indicators
    • Methamphetamine
    • Cannabis
    • Heroin
  • Drug-crime attribution
  • References
  • Appendix A: Demographics of DUMA detainees
  • Appendix B: Drug and alcohol use
  • Appendix C: Drug market indicators
  • Appendix D: Drug-crime attribution
  • Appendix E: Contact with the criminal justice system
  • Appendix F: Technical appendix
    • Glossary of terms
    • Data collection methods