Australia: usage of selected drugs among high school students 2023

In Australia, around 20 percent of high school students said in a survey between 2022 and 2023, that they had used inhalants at least once in their lifetime. Roughly two percent of those surveyed said they had used performance enhancing drugs at least once in their lifetime.

Prevalence of selected drugs among high school students in Australia from 2014 to 2023

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Release date

February 2024

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Region

Australia, Australia and Oceania

Survey time period

March 2022 to July 2023

Number of respondents

10,314 respondents

Age group

12-17 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Changes to the national survey methodology for 2022/2023 (pen and paper to online survey).

Data collection spread across two academic years (previously a single academic year used).

The smaller number of schools and students used in the 2022/2023 survey reduces the precision of prevalence estimates.

Additional time lag between the COVID-delayed 2022/2023 survey and the previous ASSAD survey in 2017 (five years instead of three).

*Prior to 2017, students were asked about amphetamine use overall, and about heroin and other opiate use in a single question. Thus, no direct comparisons to 2014 can be made.

**Painkillers in this context refers to analgesics e.g. Panadol, Nurofen or Disprin.

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