ABOUT DRUG TRENDS

The Drug Trends program is an internationally-renowned system which the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) has coordinated since 1996. The program is key to identifying emerging trends in substance use in Australia, and providing impetus for policy responses and intervention. Drug Trends is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health under the Drug and Alcohol Program.

 

We are the Tasmanian arm of this program operating out of the University of Tasmania. We conduct interviews with people who regularly inject drugs (Illicit Drug Reporting System) and who regularly use ecstasy and other stimulants (Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System) in and around Hobart. We use this information alongside analyses of routinely-collected indicator data from Tasmania Police, hospitals, treatment and other health services to describe changes in drug use and health across Tasmania over time

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For further information or any queries, contact the Drug Trends team (research@tasdrugtrends.org.au).

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For any queries about the studies or asking for analysis of specific questions from the IDRS please contact idrs@tasdrugtrends.org.au or for EDRS interviews please contact edrs@tasdrugtrends.org.au. In the coming months we're aiming to provide increasing amounts of information from the studies on this website.