Drug use among offenders/detainees statistics
Adult male police detainees testing positive to selected drugs, four long term sites, 1999-2006 (percent) (a)
a: Bankstown, Parramatta, East Perth, Southport
Source: Mouzos J et al. 2007. Drug use monitoring in Australia: 2006 annual report on drug use among police detainees. Research and public policy series no. 75. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/rpp/75/
- Between 1999 and 2005 the percentage of detainees testing positive to any drug or to cannabis has remained relatively steady. In 2006 both registered an increase in use.
- Heroin use has decreased over the period. Most of this decrease occurred between 2000 and 2001.
- Methylamphetamine use increased until 2001 but has since levelled off.
- The percentage of detainees testing positive to cocaine increased until 2001, decreased until 2004 and rose slightly again in 2006.
Key data sources
Charts/fact sheets
- Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) statistics
- Drug use monitoring in Australia, 2006
- Reason for not buying drugs
- Drug use and crime
- Drug use trends among police detainees
- Drug use by young serious offenders
- Mental health and drug dependency amongst police detainees
- Adult police detainees who tested positive to methylamphetamine, 2000-2004, per cent
- Sequence of drug use among male and female offenders
- Lifetime prevalence and current regular use of illegal drugs (per cent), DUCO females
- DUMA drug market characteristics
- Lifetime prevalence and current regular use of illegal drugs (per cent), DUCO males
- Percentage of adult detainees previously arrested, in prison or neither arrested or in prison