Talk:Illicit drug use in Australia

New Article
I've started this article off, and at the moment, its rather unbalanced and unreferenced. I intend to keep building it up, and hopefully a range of people from a variety of backgrounds will help with this. So, please, dont delete this misformed little monster just yet.rakkar 15:16, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

temazapam
Temazapam seems to be getting a large amount of coverage in this article, but I've noticed that many other benzos get more use in Sydney at least. I removed the part of the article that said it was a major drug. maybe we should get some data from NDARC or somewhere that has figures on use.--rakkar (talk) 07:57, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Current situation
I have not only changed the heading of the section to "21st century", as this is accurate and specific, but I have removed sections of detailed information that is unverified—I have replaced the removed section with verifiable content.--Soulparadox (talk) 09:56, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Accuracy: UN World Drug Report
Initially the page said : The 2012 United Nations World Drug Report published data that indicated that Australia and New Zealand contain one of the highest global prevalence of cannabis use.

This is not true and misleading. It actually says: "the highest prevalence of cannabis use being reported in Oceania (essentially Australia and New Zealand) at 9.1-14.6 per cent." It is the average among the continents that are being compared, not countries. The prevalence of many countries exceeds that of Australia, and New Zealand ties with Italy at 14.60%." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnker (talk • contribs) 19:24, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

CIA drug trafficking allegations
Is the accusation of CIA drug trafficking really suitable to be presented unqualified? This is not a matter where there is clear historical evidence. 14.202.12.7 (talk) 13:00, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Heroin "drought"
The heroin "drought" of 2001 (in reality it was just the end of a decade-long glut; it was still widely available) ended within a few months. Heroin has still been widely available since; it took only a few months for smugglers to adapt to the new realities of post-9/11 security measures. Prices did rise - Australia has both the highest purity and highest prices of any western nation - but aside from a couple of weeks during the early COVID-19 pandemic, there has not been a time where heroin has been particularly difficult to locate for experienced users in major Australian cities.

This section implies that it is still difficult to source today - it is not, and will likely never be; as all but the most trenchant anti-drug moralists have understood for some time, the War on Drugs is and has been an utter failure, and prohibition doesn't work any more for drugs than it did for alcohol in the US in the 1920s and 30s. Khardankov (talk) 06:38, 27 March 2023 (UTC)