Established drugs – such as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine – continue to demand attention. Here’s what else the latest drug trends tell us.
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West Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan said his state has the “worst rate of methamphetamine usage in the country”. We asked the experts to check the evidence.
There is a potential for significant harm in Australia if we don’t have adequate systems in place to monitor our drug markets and respond rapidly when specific dangers are detected.
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Associate Professor, National Drug Research Institute / enAble Institute, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
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NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Senior Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
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Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW