NDARC surveys nearly 2000 drug users every year to gather data on what drugs people are using; on the price, purity and availability of illicit drugs in Australia; on the harms associated with drug use; and to detect any other trends or changes happening in Australia’s illicit drug markets. These surveys are conducted by NDARC’s Drug Trends team, led by Associate Professor Lucy Burns.
In NDARC's second podcast, Associate Professor Burns describes the key findings from 2014 surveys, including an increased use of crystal methamphetamine among people who inject drugs, and a stabilisation in the use of new psychoactive substances (sometimes called 'synthetic drugs') among people who regularly use psychstimulants like ecstasy.
