2014 National Drug Trends Conference

Thanks to all who attended our 2014 National Drug Trends Conference. The Conference presented recent findings in illicit drug use, markets and related harms from across Australia and internationally. Convened by Australia’s largest drug monitoring systems, the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) and the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS), the one day conference included the first release of the 2014 IDRS and EDRS findings. Selected presentations and resources from the day are attached below. 

Talks included: 

What is Drug Trends?

2014 Illicit Drug Reporting System - National key findings

2014 Ecstasy and Related Drug Reporting System – National key findings

Mr Jeremy Douglas, UNODC – Trends in and Asia Pacific/Oceania region

Professor Simon Lenton – Accessing drugs online: some user experiences and policy implications

A/Professor Nadine Ezard – Psychostimulant use

Dr Chris Hayes – New Science of Chronic pain: Opioids

Dr Karen Chronister – Performance and Imaging Enhancing Drugs

Det. Sgt. Keith Randall – Trends in the importation of border controlled drugs

Ms Claire Rickards and Sgt. Melissa Nelmes – Drug trends in NSW

Ms Joanne Gerstner-Stevens – The evolving Victorian Illicit Drug Market - 1988 to 2013

Mr James Fetherston – Experiences of using drugs in prisons

Ms Kerryn Butler – Hepatitis C and treatment

Drug Trends session 1:                       NSW, ACT, WA, TAS and NIDIP

Drug Trends session 2:                       VIC, SA, NT, QLD and DNeT

Drug Trends is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Substance Misuse Prevention and Service Improvement Grants Fund.