The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) is an illicit drug monitoring system which has been conducted in all states and territories of Australia since 2003, and forms part of Drug Trends.

In 2023, we have provided a suite of products with the most up-to-date findings from interviews conducted annually from 2003 to 2023 with a cross-sectional sentinel group of people who regularly use ecstasy and other stimulants recruited from Melbourne, Victoria.

This includes:

A report overviewing the key findings in 2023;
An infographic summarising key findings in 2023;
The executive summary, summarising key findings in 2023 and
Supplementary data tables, providing detailed findings underlying the tables and figures within the report

Results are not representative of all consumers or 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.

Latest release date

December 2023

Use of the data

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

Citation: Wilson J, & Dietze P. Victorian Drug Trends 2023: Key Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney; 2023.

Funding

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

Queries

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 EDRS interviews.