2016 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: Detailed Results

We wrote about the "National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2016" (NDSHS) back in June, however since then the full results have been released. The NDSHS is Australia's largest population based survey of alcohol and other drug use. The 2016 results show a continued decline in young people's use of alcohol and other drugs. The survey showed that fewer young people were taking up smoking tobacco and furthermore, young people who were smoking were smoking less. Binge alcohol use was also down. The proportion of 14 to 19 year olds consuming 5 or more standard drinks significantly declined between 2013 and 2016 (from 25% to 18%). Among people in their 20s, there was a significant decline between 2013 and 2016 in recent use of methamphetamine (from 5.7% to 2.8%).  Most of the increases in alcohol and other drug use occurred in the older age groups.

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