The latest National Drug Strategy Household Survey reveals that the wealthiest Australians have contributed to a rise in illicit drug consumption, with cocaine, ketamine, and hallucinogens becoming more popular. While tobacco smoking has decreased, vaping among young people has increased. Marijuana remains the most popular drug, but the use of hallucinogenic drugs and ketamine is on the rise.
The wealthiest Australia ns have driven a surge in the country’s illicit drug consumption over the past three years as the use of cocaine, ketamine and hallucinogens such as magic mushrooms became more popular. The latest National Drug Strategy Household Survey from 2022-23 has also revealed that fewer Australia ns are smoking tobacco than ever before but vaping among young people has risen fourfold, as it offers the first national snapshot of Australia ns’ drug and alcohol habits since 2019.
Marijuana remained Australia’s most popular drug, with about 2.5 million users (11.5 per cent), although fewer people had used it in the last 12 months than in 2001. About one million people took cocaine (4.5 per cent) in the past year, which was up slightly from the previous survey. Consumption of hallucinogenic drugs and ketamine was on the rise, while use of the party drug ecstasy declined.About 18 per cent (3.9 million) Australians over 14 years old had used illicit drugs in the last yea
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