Sutherland, Rachel and Uporova, Julia and Karlsson, Antonia and Palmer, Lily and Tayeb, Haniene and Chrzanowska, Agata and Chandrasena, Udesha and Price, Olivia and Bruno, Raimondo and Dietze, Paul and Lenton, Simon and Salom, Caroline and Radke, Sophie and Curran, Jack and Vella-Horne, Dylan and Wilson, Joanna and Daly, Catherine and Thomas, Natalie and Degenhardt, Louisa and Farrell, Michael and Peacock, Amy (2025) Australian drug trends 2025: key findings from the National Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) interviews. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.
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The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) is an illicit drug monitoring system conducted in all states and territories of Australia since 2003 and forms part of Drug Trends.
In 2025, we have provided a suite of products with the most up-to-date findings from interviews conducted annually from 2003 to 2025 with a cross-sectional sentinel group of people who regularly use ecstasy and other stimulants recruited from all capital cities of Australia.
B Substances > Cannabis product (Cannabinoids)
B Substances > CNS stimulants > Methamphetamine
B Substances > CNS stimulants > MDMA / Ecstasy
B Substances > Cocaine
B Substances > Opioids (opiates) > Heroin (diacetylmorphine / diamorphine)
B Substances > Opioids (opiates) > Opioid product > Naloxone
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances
G Health and disease > State of health > Mental health
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Multiple / concurrent substance use (Poly-drug)
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Alcohol use disorder > Alcohol dependence
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Drug use disorder
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Identification and screening > Identification and screening for substance use
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Identification and screening > Identification and screening for substance use > Drug checking / testing service
T Demographic characteristics > Person who injects drugs (Intravenous / injecting)
VA Geographic area > Australia and Oceania > Australia
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