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  2. Illicit drug use in Australia - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Recreational drug use - Wikipedia

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    Recreational drug use is the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness, either for pleasure or for some other casual purpose or pastime. [1] When a psychoactive drug enters the user's body, it induces an intoxicating effect . [ 1 ]

  4. Cannabis in the Australian Capital Territory - Wikipedia

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    Cannabis in the Australian Capital Territory has been decriminalised for personal recreational use since 2020. [1] By way of federal law, Hemp is legal. [ 2 ] Medical cannabis is also legal via federal law, since the passing of the respective law in October 2016. [ 3 ]

  5. Arguments for and against drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    In Europe as of 2007, Sweden spends the second highest percentage of GDP, after the Netherlands, on drug control. [12] The UNODC argues that when Sweden reduced spending on education and rehabilitation in the 1990s in a context of higher youth unemployment and declining GDP growth, illicit drug use rose [13] but restoring expenditure from 2002 again sharply decreased drug use as student ...

  6. Australia announces ban on recreational vaping to try and ...

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    Australia has announced that it will ban recreational vaping in an attempt to crack down on teenagers using e-cigarettes. Government officials want to ban disposable vapes, many of which come in ...

  7. Bluelight (web forum) - Wikipedia

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    Bluelight is a web-forum, research portal, online community, and non-profit organization dedicated to harm reduction in drug use. [1] [2] Its userbase includes current and former substance users, academic researchers, drug policy activists, and mental health advocates.

  8. Recreational use of nitrous oxide - Wikipedia

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    As of 2022, the gas enjoys moderate popularity in some countries as a recreational drug. [22] Nitrous oxide has the street names hippy crack and whippets (or whippits). [1] In Australia and New Zealand, nitrous oxide bulbs are known as nangs, possibly derived from the sound distortion perceived by consumers. [23] [24]

  9. Heroin in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Heroin is classified as an opioid drug produced from the opium poppy. [1] The illicit use of heroin in Australia emerged during the 1960s. [2] Its origins have been linked to American troops stationed in major cities such as Melbourne and Sydney, who introduced the drug to the red-light districts whilst on their recreational leave. [2]