Key findings

Drug use in younger people

Younger people are more likely to have:

  • recently used LSD and cannabis
  • used cannabis more frequently
  • used a new psychoactive substance (DMT and NBOMe, Salvia divinorum and DXM)
  • reported purchasing drugs online

Crime in younger people

Younger people are more likely to report:

  • engaging in recent crime (any)
  • engaging in recent property crime
  • engaging in recent dealing drugs for cash profit
  • engaging in recent fraud

Resources

Date Commenced

27 November 2014

Resource Type

Illicit drug reporting system bulletins

Author(s)

Kerryn Butler, Natasha Sindicich and Lucy Burns