Australien. 2025 Drug Trends national reports highlight demand for drug checking among people who use drugs
Australien. 2025 Drug Trends national reports highlight demand for drug checking among people who use drugs
The Drug Trends program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney has today released findings from its annual surveys with hundreds of people who use drugs, recruited from every capital city in Australia.
The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) and Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) identify emerging trends of local and national interest in key illicit drug markets including use of specific drugs and drug-related harms, risks and other behaviours.
Lead author, Dr Rachel Sutherland said the 2025 national reports show that drug checking remains common among people who use drugs like ecstasy.
“Nearly two fifths (39%) of people who use drugs like ecstasy and 15% of people who inject drugs reported testing their illicit drugs in the last year” Dr Sutherland said. (UNSW – University of New South Wales, Australien, 26.09.2025)
https://www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/09/2025-drug-trends-national-reports