Statistics on Drug Related deaths past 10 years.
Dear Department of Health,
I am a journalism student at Macleay college, working on an assignment. Please give me some statistics on how many drug
related deaths in young people (15-25) there have been over the last 10 years, specifically party drugs such as ecstacy, the causes of death and also which drugs or combinations of drugs were involved - please also provide details by location.
I would also like some statistics information on the numbers and
percentages of young people taking drugs per year, with a breakdown of the type of drug and the frequency (e.g. daily, weekly, monthly).
Yours faithfully,
Lauren Croft
Dear Ms Croft
Thank you for your enquiry to the Commonwealth Department of Health.
A request made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) is one
which seeks access to documents that may be held by a department or
portfolio agency. Your enquiry is not seeking access to documents and
therefore is not considered to be a valid request under the FOI Act. As
such the department is not able to action your enquiry as an FOI
request.
In order to assist you in being able to obtain the information you have
requested the following may be of assistance.
The statistics requested are held by the National Coronial Information
System (NCIS). The NCIS can be contacted through the website[1]:
http://www.ncis.org.au/
Information on drug use is available from the National Drug and Alcohol
Household Survey undertaken by the Australian Institute of Health and
Welfare. Information about illicit drugs can be found in section 5 of the
2013 report. The report can be located at:
[2]http://www.aihw.gov.au/alcohol-and-other...
I trust the about information is of assistance to you.
Regards
FOI Unit/Legal Services Branch
Department of Health
Ph: (02) 6289 1666
GPO Box 9849 Canberra ACT 2601