NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2011 : findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)
NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets; Reports; PublicationNT
2011
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).
Date:2011; Australian drug trends series No. 80
English
Drug abuse surveys -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Ecstasy (Drug) -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Drug abuse -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Sydney (N.S.W)
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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/242182
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59 Table 46: Usual source person and venue for purchases of morphine in the preceding six months, 2007-2011 (%) 2007 N=106 2008 N=103 2009 N=99 2010 N=99 2011 N=98 Did not respond 29 18 20 16 28 Did respond 71 82 80 84 72 Of those who responded: Source person Street dealer 31 39 33 12 17 Friends 40 49 39 39 50 Gift from friends 1 0 0 0 Known dealer 27 29 11 18 18 Workmates 3 0 0 0 Acquaintances 29 30 14 23 15 Unknown dealer 11 5 3 6 Other 0 0 1 1 Source venue Home delivery 17 21 11 13 7 Dealers home 17 33 18 18 14 Friends home 25 36 26 20 39 Acquaintances house 13 17 9 8 13 Mobile dealer 13 1 0 0 0 Street market 21 25 24 10 14 Agreed public location 39 31 11 28 14 Work 0 0 0 0 0 Other 0 0 1 2 0 Source: IDRS participant interviews 5.8.3 KE comment Six KE commented upon the cost of 100mg MS Contin tablets. Three said that 100mg MS Contin tablets sold for $80 and three said that these tablets sold for between $80-$100. Some KE reported stable and easy availability of illicit morphine, most commonly in the form of MS Contin. One Health KE stated that availability had varied over the past 12 months, from relatively easy to difficult, with several droughts lasting up to four days. A Health KE suggested that there had been a slight increase in illicit morphine availability and linked this to people being able to doctor shop.