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NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2011 : findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)

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NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2011 : findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)

Collection

NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets; Reports; PublicationNT

Date

2011

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Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Notes

Date:2011; Australian drug trends series No. 80

Language

English

Subject

Drug abuse surveys -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Ecstasy (Drug) -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Drug abuse -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals

Publisher name

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales

Place of publication

Sydney (N.S.W)

ISBN

9780733430206

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/242182

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/610318

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12 Table 3 continued: Polydrug use history of the participants sample, 2011 (2010 in brackets) Use 1 Injection Smoked Snorted Swallowed Treatment Drug class Ever use Recent 2 Days 3 Ever Recent 2 Days 3 Ever Recent 2 Ever Recent 2 Ever Recent 2 Days 3 Speed 78 (79) 43 (25) 6 (5) 72 (75) 40 (24) 6 (5) 19 (13) 7 (3) 27 (38) 5 (3) 30 (33) 10 (3) Base/point/wax 30 (24) 12 (6) 6 (10) 29 (24) 12 (6) 2 (10) 2 (5) 1 (3) 2 (5) 0 (1) 6 (5) 3 (2) Ice/shabu/crystal 8 (54) 28 (18) 4 (4) 39 (48) 24 (16) 3 (4) 26 (11) 13 (3) 5 (5) 3 (-) 5 (7) 2 (2) Amphetamine liquid 22 (10) 4 (2) 2 (45) 20 (9) 4 (2) 2 (45) 4 (2) 0 (0) Any form methamphetamine 4 83 (88) 55 (36) 6 (5) 77 (84) 51 (34) 6 (5) 33 (35) 10 (6) Pharmaceutical stimulants (prescribed) 43 (5) 1 (2) 25 (2) 0 (3) 0 (2) (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (3) 0 (0) 8 (5) 1 (1) Pharmaceutical stimulants (not prescribed) 29 (17) 11 (4) 4 (2) 19 (14) 8 (3) 3 (1) 2 (0) 0 (0) 0 (1) 0 (1) 14 (7) 3 (0) Any form pharmaceutical stimulants 33 (21) 12 (6) 5 (2) 19 (17) 8 (5) 4 (2) 2 (0) 0 (0) 0 (4) 0 (1) 18 (11) 4 (1) Cocaine 42 (29) 1 (4) 1 (6) 24 (19) 0 (4) 0 (6) 7 (3) 0 (0) 25 (16) 1 (0) 8 (5) 0 (0) Hallucinogens 63 (55) 7 (4) 3 (2) 14 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (1) 0 (0) 61 (53) 7 (4) Ecstasy 57 (49) 9 (10) 2 (2) 21 (20) 0 (4) 0 (2) 1 (0) 0 (0) 4 (3) 2 (1) 53 (41) 9 (9) Alprazolam (prescribed) 21 13 90 8 3 5 1 1 0 0 19 11 Alprazolam (not prescribed) 49 36 6 29 20 6 0 0 0 0 40 29 Other benzodiazepines (prescribed) 48 30 80 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 30 Other benzodiazepines (not prescribed) 42 24 6 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 40 20 Any form any benzodiazepines 79 (67) 61 (52) 37 (33) 33 (36) 22 (23) 7 (7) 1 (1) 1 (0) 0 (1) 0 (0) 76 (58) 56 (41) Seroquel (prescribed) 8 3 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 Seroquel (not prescribed) 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 Any form Seroquel 19 5 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 5 Steroids 13 3 6 10 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 Alcohol 94 (82) 63 (57) 24 (23) 1 (4) 0 (1) 0 (2) 93 (80) 63 (57) Cannabis 94 (87) 71 (72) 90 (93) Inhalants 13 (15) 0 (1) 0 (1) Tobacco 100 (92) 97 (90) 180 (180) 1 Includes injection, smoking, snorted, ingested. 2 Within six months of interview. 3 Median days of use in the last six months 4 Category includes speed, base, ice/crystal and amphetamine liquid. Does not include pharmaceutical stimulants