Drug use in the NT is up by more than five percentage points with 25.2 per cent of Territorians using an illegal substance last year, compared to 19.6 per cent in 2019, with cannabis and hallucinogens leading the charge, a new study has found.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2022–23 showed that Territorians recorded the highest increase in the use of cannabis, up 3 per cent; hallucinogens, up 2.2 per cent; painkillers and opioids, up 2.1 per cent; cocaine, by 1.1 per cent; and ketamine, which saw a usage increase of one per cent.

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