The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) Illicit Drug Data Report 2014–15 provides a snapshot of the Australian illicit drug market.
Now in its 13th edition, this report informs Australia’s understanding of the illicit drug threat and focuses collective efforts by bringing together data from a wide range of sources into the one unique report.
In the 2014–15 financial year, Australian law enforcement agencies made a record 105,862 national illicit drug seizures, weighing a total of 23.5 tonnes, with a record 133,926 national illicit drug arrests.
For the first time, the IDDR includes data from wastewater analysis, gathered through the chemical analysis of sewerage water. Data on methylamphetamine, MDMA and cocaine was collected, indicating methylamphetamine use in the community has been increasing since 2009–10. The data obtained from wastewater analysis will provide law enforcement, policy, regulatory and health agencies with additional and more objective data in relation to the usage of methylamphetamine and other drugs.
To read the full report visit – https://www.acic.gov.au/sites/g/files/net1491/f/2016/08/acic-iddr-2014-15.pdf?v=1470178813
