Overview

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services assist people to address their drug use. Treatment objectives can include reduction or cessation of drug use as well as improvements to social and personal functioning. Assistance may also be provided to support the family and friends of people using drugs.

More reports and statistics on AODTS can be found under Alcohol, Illicit use of drugs and Smoking.

Latest findings

Those who received an AOD treatment for volatile solvents were most likely to also have youth justice supervision Over half of all AOD clients were aged 20–39 (55%), 33% were aged 40 and over AOD treatment agencies provided over 200,000 treatment episodes The top four drugs that led clients to seek AOD treatment were alcohol, amphetamines, cannabis and heroin Around 1 in 7 (15%) AOD clients were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people About 1 in 3 young people under youth justice supervision received an AOD treatment service From 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2016, 2,569 young people had both youth justice supervision and an AOD treatment service An estimated 127,000 clients received AOD treatment in 2016–17 A total of 836 publicly-funded alcohol and other drug treatment agencies provided services to clients Those who received an AOD treatment were 30x as likely as the Australian population to have youth justice supervision Counselling was the most common AOD treatment type, comprising 2 in 5 (40%) closed treatment episodes for all clients

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