Click on any of the following links to access websites and/or documents:

Australian Illicit Drug Policies
The Australian (illicit) drug policy timeline: 1985-2008

National Strategies

National Alcohol Strategy 2006-2009
National Amphetamine Type Stimulant Strategy 2008-2011
National Cannabis Strategy 2006-2009
National Drug Strategy 2004-2009

State and Territory Strategies

Website - The ACT Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Strategy 2004-2008
ACT Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Strategy 2004-2008
NSW Drug Plan 2006-2010
QLD Drug Strategy 2006-2010
SA Drug Strategy 2005-2010
Tasmanian Drug Strategy 2005-2009
Victorian Drug Strategy 2006-2009
WA Drug and Alcohol Strategy 2005-2009

University of NSW National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

University of NSW National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre - Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS)
The IDRS monitoring project is primarily concerned with four main drug classes: Heroin and other opioids, Methamphetamine, Cocaine and Cannabis. It also monitors diverted pharmaceuticals and other issues related to drug use, for example injection-related problems and overdose, and crime. The IDRS aims to: monitor the price, purity, availability and patterns of use of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and cannabis identify emerging trends in illicit drug markets in Australia that require further investigation.

University of NSW National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre - Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)
The EDRS, formerly known as the Party Drug Initiative (PDI), is primarily concerned with monitoring use and markets of ecstasy and related drugs (ERDs) such as methamphetamine, GHB and ketamine, in Australia. It is intended to serve as a strategic early warning system to prepare policy makers, and the health and law enforcement sectors for issues likely to be of future concern. Like the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS), the EDRS is also designed to identify areas that require further and more detailed research.

IDRS and EDRS Quarterly Bulletins
Separate bulletins for the IDRS and EDRS projects are produced in April, June, October and December of each year. Bulletins were first introduced in 1999 as a means of providing information on interesting aspects of project results in a more accessible format. They may also contain more detailed analyses and information on a particular topic of interest.

University of NSW National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre - Australian Drug Trends Series
The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) and the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) operate annually in all states and territories. In April of each year, the IDRS and EDRS coordinators publish detailed reports about drug trends in Australia.

Women, drug use and crime: findings from the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program
Australian Institute of Criminology (2009)

Cannabis supply into and within Australia
Criminal Justice Bulletin (July 2008)

Understanding and responding to alcohol-related social harms in Australia. Options for policing - discussion paper National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (2008)

Identifying cost-effective interventions to reduce the burden of harm associated with alcohol misuse in Australia
Christopher Doran, Theo Vos, Linda Cobiac, Wayne Hall, Isaac Asamoah, Angela Wallace, Shamesh Naidoo, Joshua Byrnes, Greg Fowler, Kathryn Arnett

National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection: 2007 report
Institute of Health and Welfare Bulletin (July 2008)
National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection: 2009 report
Institute of Health and Welfare Bulletin (May 2010)