The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is a national illicit drug monitoring system that has been conducted annually since 2000 and is part of Drug Trends.

The IDRS interviews people who inject drugs (PWID) from every capital city of Australia and provides an analysis and examination of indicator data sources related to illicit drugs. It is designed to be sensitive to trends, providing data in a timely manner, rather than describing issues in detail.

The 2024 IDRS report provides the most up-to-date findings of the IDRS interviews from 2000 to 2024 with people who regularly inject illicit drugs from all capital cities of Australia.
This includes:

1. A report, overviewing the key findings in 2024;
2. An infographic, summarising key findings in 2024;
3. A methods document, highlighting approaches to collating and presenting estimates; and
4. The executive summary, summarising key findings in 2024.

Results are not representative of all people who use drugs or of drug use in the general population and should be interpreted alongside findings from other data sources for a more complete profile of emerging trends in illicit drug use in Australia.

Please note that any presentation of these data should include an acknowledgement of Drug Trends at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales.

Sutherland R, Karlsson A, Uporova J, Chandrasena U, Tayeb H, Price O, Bruno R, Dietze P, Lenton S, Salom C, Radke S, Vella-Horne D, Haywood S, Daly C, Thomas N, Degenhardt L, Farrell M, & Peacock A. Australian Drug Trends 2024: Key Findings from the National Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney; 2024. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30464

Drug Trends is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care under the Drug and Alcohol Program.

Please contact the research team at drugtrends@unsw.edu.au with any queries; to request additional analyses using these data; or to discuss the possibility of including items in future IDRS interviews.

ISSN: 2981-9326
https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30464

• National IDRS 2024 – Report
• National IDRS 2024 – Background and Methods
• National IDRS 2024 – Executive Summary
• National IDRS 2024 – Infographics