2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey Results – Cannabis and ecstasy Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Graphs prepared by Paul Dillon Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Cannabis use across age groups 2007 National Drug Household Survey This graph reports the number of Australians across age groups who report ever using cannabis and those who used in the past year

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Australians who have not used cannabis across age groups 2007 National Drug Household Survey This graph shows the number of Australians across age groups who report never using cannabis and those who had not used in the past year

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Recent use of cannabis: Males and Females 2007 National Drug Household Survey %

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? No recent use (in past 12 months) of cannabis: Males and Females 2007 National Drug Household Survey %

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Recent use of cannabis: Males 1995 to National Drug Household Survey % This graph shows the reduction in the number of Australian males who reported using cannabis in the past year across age groups between 1995 to 2007

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Non-use of cannabis in the past year: Males 1995 to National Drug Household Survey % This graph shows the increase in the number of Australians males who reported not using cannabis in the past year across age groups between 1995 to 2007

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Recent use of cannabis: Females 1995 to National Drug Household Survey % This graph shows the reduction in the number of Australian females who reported using cannabis in the past year across age groups between 1995 to 2007

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Non-use of cannabis in the past year: Females 1995 to National Drug Household Survey % This graph shows the increase in the number of Australians females who reported not using cannabis in the past year across age groups between 1995 to 2007

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Ecstasy use across age groups 2007 National Drug Household Survey %

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Australians who have not used ecstasy across age groups 2007 National Drug Household Survey % This graph shows the number of Australians across age groups who report never using ecstasy and those who had not used in the past year

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Recent use of ecstasy by gender 2007 National Drug Household Survey % This graph reports the number of Australians (males and females reported separately) who report using ecstasy in the past year Males across all age groups are more likely to have used ecstasy in the past year compared to their female counterparts. Females aged years however are most likely to use at higher rates than males of the same age

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? No recent use (in past 12 months) of ecstasy: Males and Females 2007 National Drug Household Survey % This graph shows the number of Australians across age groups and gender who report not using ecstasy in the past year

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Recent use of ecstasy: Males 1995 to National Drug Household Survey % This graph shows the number of Australian males who reported using ecstasy in the past year across age groups between 1995 to 2007 Males in their 20s are the most likely group to have recently used ecstasy. The years age group appear to be having the greatest increases in recent use

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Non-use of ecstasy in the past year: Males 1995 to National Drug Household Survey % This graph shows the vast majority of Australians males who reported not using ecstasy in the past year across age groups between 1995 to 2007

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Recent use of ecstasy: Females 1995 to National Drug Household Survey % This graph shows the number of Australian females who reported using ecstasy in the past year across age groups between 1995 to 2007 Recent use of ecstasy has remained fairly stable in recent years, although there have been the greatest increases amongst the years age group

Alcohol and cannabis: What’s going on with our young people? Non-use of ecstasy in the past year: Females 1995 to National Drug Household Survey % This graph shows the vast majority of Australians females who reported not using ecstasy in the past year across age groups between 1995 to 2007