NT Drug Trends 2009 : Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS)
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2010
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C. Moon
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Drug abuse -- Northern Territory -- Statistics -- Periodicals; Drug abuse -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Drug abuse surveys -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre; University of New South Wales
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Australian Drug Trends Series No. 44
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31 Figure 5 shows that, since 2001, participants have generally reported that heroin is difficult or very difficult to obtain in Darwin, although this is not the case for this years sample. It can also be seen that the number of participants able to comment has fluctuated considerably. Figure 5: Participant reports of current heroin availability, 2001-2009 Source: IDRS participant interviews A small proportion of the sample reported that in the six months prior to interview, heroin was usually obtained from a dealer through home delivery (Table 10). Table 10: Usual source person and venue for purchases of heroin in the preceding six months, 2006-2009 2006 n=100 2007 n=106 2008 n=103 2009 n=99 Did not respond (%) 95 96 94 94 Did respond (%) 5 4 6 6 Of those who responded: Source person* Street dealer (%) 20 50 0 33 Friends (%) 40 25 33 17 Gift from friends (%) 0 0 0 0 Known dealer (%) 0 0 17 0 Workmates (%) 0 0 0 0 Acquaintances (%) 0 25 33 17 Unknown dealer (%) 20 0 0 33 Mobile dealer (%) 0 0 0 0 Other (%) 20 0 0 0 Source venue* Home delivery (%) 20 25 0 50 Dealers home (%) 20 25 17 17 Friends home (%) 40 25 0 17 Acquaintances house (%) 0 0 17 17 Street market (%) 0 50 0 0 Agreed public location (%) 40 50 50 0 Work (%) 0 0 0 0 Other (%) 0 0 0 0 Source: IDRS participant interviews * Multiple responses possible 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 n u m b er o f ID U Difficult or very difficult Easy or very easy