Introduction: Welcome to AODstats, the Victorian alcohol and drug interactive statistics and mapping webpage.
AODstats provides information on the harms related to alcohol, illicit and pharmaceutical drug use in Victoria.
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Drug checking services have quietly become one of the most accepted tools in how society now handles illegal drug use. A sample goes in. A result comes out. Somewhere in that exchange, a seller learns...
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A habit that millions of people consider harmless could be quietly raising the odds of a heart attack. A major new review, published in The American Journal of Medicine, has pulled together years of research...
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Overview Recent human evidence adds weight to longstanding concerns that cannabis use during pregnancy can interfere with foetal brain development in biologically meaningful ways. The 2026 study by Ugartemendia and colleagues links prenatal cannabis exposure...
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Australia ran the most successful anti-smoking campaign the world had ever seen. Not one of the most successful, the most successful. We reduced daily tobacco consumption from around 52 per cent of all Australians aged...
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INTRODUCTION: A Crisis Hiding In Plain Sight Two numbers define the scale of the problem. In the United States alone, more than 100,000 people die from opioid-related overdoses every year. Among 15-year-olds in England, 44...
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Australia ran the most successful anti-smoking campaign the world had ever seen. Not one of the most successful, the most successful. We reduced daily tobacco consumption from around 52 per cent of all Australians aged...
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Synthetic opioids are changing overdose statistics worldwide. Cannabis legalisation has shifted public views on risk, even as potency keeps climbing. Vaping has introduced a new generation to nicotine dependence, often through products that look harmless....
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As Vietnam launches its toughest anti-drug campaign yet, it is choosing its model. And it isn’t the one its neighbour just abandoned. Through June, Vietnam ran its 2026 Anti-Drug Action Month under a blunt national...
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A New York Times podcast on the global drug crisis raises urgent concerns, but leaves the most important questions unasked. There is something almost cinematic about the way The New York Times framed its recent...
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National Tragedy Triggers Immediate Tobacco and Cannabis Cravings, New Research Finds Collective Trauma and Substance Cravings: The Reflexive Response Nobody Talks About When a national tragedy unfolds, the psychological fallout runs far deeper than grief...
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Building a Healthier Future Through Conscious Choices Making choices that support personal health and long-term well-being is one of the most empowering journeys a young person can embark upon today. In a world full of...
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In May 2026, the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) marked thirty years of its Drug Trends program with a quiet announcement and a new bulletin series. NDARC framed the launch as a milestone:...
