NT loves drugs, booze, smokes: Wastewater data Territorians on average continue to drink and smoke and take MDMA the most in the country
Health by JUDITH AISTHORPE
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Subscriber only TERRITORIANS on average continue to consume the most booze, nicotine and MDMA in the country, according to the latest wastewater data. Cocaine consumption also increased in Darwin while consumption decreased regionally. The data is part of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program run by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and took wastewater samples at a capital city waste treatment facility and regional site in August of last year. Australia-wide an estimated $8.9bn was spent on methylamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA and heroin with 78 per cent - $6.96bn - spent on methylamphetamine.