Illicit Drugs Reporting System (IDRS):

Use of non-prescribed pharmaceutical opioids among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2000-23

The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is a national drug monitoring system intended to identify emerging trends of local and national concern in illicit drug markets, and form part of Drug Trends.

In this bulletin we aim to describe reports of use of non-prescribed pharmaceutical opioid products in a sample of people who regularly inject illicit drugs in Australia between 2000 and 2023.