Key Points
- Waste water analysis has demonstrated considerable growth in the consumption of illegal drugs in Australia.
- Methylamfetamine (ice), cocaine and heroin were all found on record highs.
- It has stimulated the illegal drug trafficking, with an estimated $ 11.5 billion that is spent.
Australia’s insatiable appetite for illegal drugs feeds the demand of international crime groups and drug dealers who cash in the lucrative market.
Analysis of waste water by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, in collaboration with universities, discovered a growth in major consumption illegal drugs Around the nation.
Methylamfetamine (ICE), cocaine and heroin were all found at record highs in the latest analysis, which started in 2016.
More than 22 tons of those three medicines, as well as MDMA (Ecstasy), were consumed in Australia in Australia until August 2024 in Australia in Australia.
It has the illegal drugs Trade and profit for organized criminals, with an estimated $ 11.5 billion that is being issued.
The use of cocaine rose nearly 70 percent, MDMA almost 50 percent and heroin almost 15 percent.
The committee’s drug specialist Shane Neilson said that the market returned after consumption fell in the midst of tighter border controls and lockdowns during the COVID-19 Pandemie.
Large profit from a consumer base that is willing and able to pay higher prices than other global markets stimulate the company.
Drug traders throw tons of product on the borders of Australia, knowing what is coming through, will earn enough money to generate the losses of epileptic seizures, some of which outweigh the total detected annual consumption, Neilson said.
“It’s just a ruthless determination of transnational and domestic serious and organized crime groups to keep delivering the Australian market,” he said.
Organized crime groups are also supposed to feed an increase in illegal tobacco, but although nicotine consumption in the second half of 2024 has reversed a decrease, it is impossible to determine which part of it was obtained on the black market.
The use of ketamine is also increasing.
Forensic analysts are of the opinion that the majority of general anesthesia is imported and illegally imported, whereby the use of the medicine in medical and veterinary environments is less common.
It is the same for cannabis, despite the fact that thousands of people are prescribed medically.
“Although the number of medicinal cannabis users is increasing, it is small compared to the overall use of cannabis,” said Neilson.
The publication of multi-billion dollar of the country on illegal drugs only sends profit to organized criminals, the crime committee said.
“There is no tax on this profit and economically it has an impact,” said Neilson.
The latest national drug strategy-household survey suggests that almost one in two Australians of 14 years and older (10.2 million people) had used a medicine illegally in their lives, including the non-medical use of medicines.
An estimated one in five (3.9 million) that has been used in the last 12 months.
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