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Drugs and the internet

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posted on 2023-05-25, 03:49 authored by Van Buskirk, J, Roxburgh, A, Raimondo BrunoRaimondo Bruno, Burns, L

To date the availability of illicit drugs in Australia has largely been examined through household surveys and interviews with people who use drugs; indicators such as drug seizures and arrests; and analyses of hospital admissions and drug-related deaths. Over the past decade there has been an increasing awareness and interest in online marketplaces as a source for discussion about and purchase of drugs (Walsh, 2011). The advent of the Silk Road in 2011, as an online marketplace, has broadened out the availability of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and other more conventional illicit substances (such as cannabis and MDMA).

This bulletin is the second in a new Drug Trends series that provides analysis of trends over time in the availability and type of substances sold via the internet to Australia. The current bulletin reports for the time period March 2013 to November 2013.

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Commissioning body

Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

Number

Issue 2

Pagination

14

Department/School

School of Psychological Sciences

Publisher

Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

Place of publication

Australia

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  • Restricted

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Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified

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