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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002
Drug-related statistics
Percentage of adult male police detainees testing positive to amphetamines, 1999-2001
Percentage of adult male police detainees testing positive to cocaine, 1999-2001
Percentage of adult male police detainees testing positive to opiates*, 1999-2001
*'Opiates' includes heroin.
Source: Makkai, T & McGregor, K 2002, Drug Use Monitoring in Australia: 2001 annual report on drug use amongst police detainees, Research and Public Policy Series, no. 41, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra.
What these charts show
- The percentage testing positive to amphetamines, cocaine and opiates varied across the four sites.
- Opiate use declined in 2001.
- Amphetamine use has increased over the three year period.