Summary
This report of the 2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey, Detailed Findings, describes the use of licit and illicit drugs and the perceptions and attitudes associated with them. Throughout this report the focus and results reported are—as they were for earlier surveys— on Australians aged 14 years and older. The main exception to this is the chapter on youth, which gives additional details for 12–13-year-olds, who were first included in the survey in 2004. In this Summary the results given are for Australians aged 14 years and older, unless indicated otherwise.
Preliminary material (145K PDF): Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Symbols
Introduction
Perceptions and acceptability of drug use
Access to drugs
Use of tobacco
Use of alcohol
Illicit drug use
Marijuana/cannabis
Pharmaceuticals used for non-medical purposes
Hallucinogens
Heroin, methadone and other opioids
Meth/amphetamines used for non-medical purposes
Ecstasy
Designer drugs-ketamine and GHB
Cocaine
Inhalants
Injecting drugs
Drug-related abuse and potential harm
Drug-related policy
Drug-related legislation
Drugs and health
Drugs and young people
Appendixes
Appendix 1: List of tables
Appendix 2: List of figures
Appendix 3: Population estimates
Appendix 4: Standard errors
Appendix 5: Definition of characteristics variables
End matter (179K PDF): Glossary