The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) is a national drug monitoring system intended to identify emerging trends of local and national concern in illicit drug markets, and form part of Drug Trends.

This bulletin utilises data collected from the 2022-24 EDRS. This bulletin examines awareness of safety warnings/directions on nitrous oxide products.

Recommended citation

Grigg J, Lenton, S. Awareness of mandated labels on nitrous oxide products among a sample of people who regularly use illicit stimulants and report recent nitrous oxide use in Australia, 2022-24. Drug Trends Bulletin Series. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney; 2025. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31196.

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• Awareness of mandated labels on nitrous oxide products among a sample of people who regularly use illicit stimulants and recently purchased nitrous oxide in Australia, 2022-24