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The Australian heroin drought and its implications for drug policy
Don Weatherburn, Craig Jones, Karen Freeman and Toni Makkai
ISBN 0 7313 2633 4; ISSN 1030-1046
Crime and justice bulletin: contemporary issues in crime and justice, no. 59,
Sydney: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2001
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Abstract
The extent to which individuals who are detained by police are drug users is a matter of policy significance, since drug using offenders commit disproportionately more crime than their non-drug using colleagues. In this study the level and type of drug use among a sample of detainees from two local area commands in Sydney are examined. The study validates self reported drug use with urinalysis results.