Home > Key findings from the ‘Australians’ drug use: adapting to pandemic threats (ADAPT)’ study wave 4. ADAPT bulletin no. 4.

Baillie, G and Peacock, A and Hammoud, M and Memedovic, S and Barratt, M and Bruno, Raimondo and Dietze, Paul and Ezard, Nadine and Salom, C and Degenhardt, Louisa and Hughes, C and Sutherland, R (2021) Key findings from the ‘Australians’ drug use: adapting to pandemic threats (ADAPT)’ study wave 4. ADAPT bulletin no. 4. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.

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The Australians' Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats (ADAPT) Study is exploring the short and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of Australians who use illicit drugs. Findings will be used to ensure drug-related issues during COVID-19 are better understood and more accurately represented, so as to better inform drug treatment and harm reduction in Australia.

Australians who regularly (i.e. at least once a month) used illicit drugs in 2019 were invited to complete an online survey initially and follow-up surveys in 2 months, 4 months and 12 months. Participants could opt to complete the Wave 1 survey only. This bulletin outlines preliminary findings from the 197 participants who completed ALL surveys from Waves 1-4, describing changes in drug use and behaviours, health ratings and drug/mental health treatment access and engagement pre- and post-COVID-19 restrictions (i.e., since March 2020).


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