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Illicit drug use in Australia is the recreational use of prohibited drugs in Australia.Illicit drugs include illegal drugs (such as cannabis, opiates, and certain types of stimulants), pharmaceutical drugs (such as pain-killers and tranquillisers) when used for non-medical purposes, and other substances used inappropriately (such as inhalants). [1]
The Court was constituted by a single Children's Magistrate of the Children's Court of New South Wales. It operated in Sydney at Parramatta, Bidura Glebe and Campbelltown. Matters referred to the Youth Drug and Alcohol Court were then dealt with by that program, provided that the child met the eligibility criteria and was accepted onto the program.
The use of ketamine as part of a "post-clubbing experience" has also been documented. [36] Ketamine's rise in the dance culture was most rapid in Hong Kong by the end of the 1990s. [32] Ketamine use as a recreational drug has been implicated in deaths globally, with more than 90 deaths in England and Wales in the years of 2005–2013. [37]
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic used medically for induction and maintenance of anesthesia. It is also used as a treatment for depression and in pain management. [19] Ketamine is an NMDA receptor antagonist which accounts for most of its psychoactive effects. [20]
Youth Off The Streets’ Dunlea Alcohol and Other Drugs Youth Service aims to help young people in Western Sydney aged 13 to 19 take control of their drug use. [20] The program works with young people and their families and aspires to help them break the cycle of drug misuse, set personal goals and build the foundations for a healthy life. [20]
Australian police seized a record 2.3 tonnes of cocaine over the weekend after a fishing boat broke down off the Queensland coast, leading to the arrest of at least 13 people.
The National Drug Strategy (NDS) is the national drug regulation organization which maintains drug policy of the Australian Government. It began with its first framework in 1998 and has regularly formulated the Australian approach to drug education , treatment, rehabilitation , and prevention of substance abuse .
The Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) is the peer-led peak organisation and harm reduction network advancing the wellbeing, health & human rights of the millions of people who use drugs illicitly (PWUD) in Australia and representing peer-based Drug User Organisations (DUOs) and also support the capacity building of peer-based harm reduction programs and networks in the ...