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released: 1 Jun 2000 author: AIHW

Presents data collected in Australia's most comprehensive national survey on drug issues. Key results on drug-related awareness, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours are compared to the results for other states and territories combined. Comparisons with the 1995 survey are featured and population estimates of the numbers of consumers of both licit and illicit substances are also provided.This report is part of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's Drug Statistics Series. Future survey-related reports in the series will cover correlates of drug use and other state and territory comparisons. This report and others in the series will be useful resources for policy planners and researchers interested in drug-related matters.

ISSN 1442-7230; ISBN 978 1 74024 047 5; Cat. no. PHE 23; 122pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (23K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of figures
    • List of tables
    • Summary
    • Acknowledgements
  • Sections
    • Introduction (12K PDF)
      1. The National Drug Strategy
      2. Drug-related harm
      3. About the 1998 survey
      4. Comparisons with the 1995 survey
      5. About this report
      6. Abbreviations and symbols
    • Overview - the status of drug use in 1998 (43K PDF)
      1. Lifetime use of drugs
      2. Drugs used recently (in the last 12 months)
      3. Age of initiation - ever used
      4. Age of initiation - novice users
      5. Preferred drugs
      6. Drugs thought to be associated with a drug 'problem'
      7. Acceptability of drug use
      8. Support for the legalisation of illicit drugs
      9. Nominal distribution of a drugs budget
      10. Support for increased penalties for the sale or supply of illicit drugs
    • Consumption patterns (83K PDF)
      1. Tobacco
      2. Alcohol
      3. Illicit drugs
      4. Sources of supply
    • Community support for drug-related policy (17K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Tobacco
      3. Alcohol
      4. Illicit drugs
    • Drug-related activities (29K PDF)
      1. Perpetrators of drug-related harm
      2. Victims of perceived drug-related harm
      3. Avoidance of passive smoking
    • Explanatory notes (22K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Scope
      3. Methodology
      4. Estimation procedures
      5. Reliability of estimates
      6. Definitions
      7. Comparability with the 1995 survey
  • End matter
    • References (5K PDF)
    • Appendix 1: Membership of survey committee (7K PDF)
    • Appendix 2: Standard errors and relative standard errors (10K PDF)
    • Appendix 3: Population estimates (8K PDF)
    • Appendix 4: Survey-related materials (6K PDF)
    • Appendix 5: The questionnaire (191K PDF)

Recommended citation

AIHW 2000. 1998 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: Queensland results. Drug Statistics Series no. 4. Cat. no. PHE 23. Canberra: AIHW.