AFRICA

AMERICAS

ASIA

EUROPE

OCEANIA

PRIMARY DRUG AMONG PERSONS TREATED FOR DRUG PROBLEMS IN OCEANIA

2016 (or latest year available)

Country / Territory	Source	Treatment Year ***	Distribution of main drugs in percentages*								Treatment Provided **	Data Primarily Reflect
			Cannabis	Opioids	Cocaine	ATS	Tranquilizers and Sedatives	Hallucinogens	Solvents and  Inhalants	Other †
Australia	ARQ	2015	29.4%	7.4%		24.2%	1.5%				133,895	k, c
New Zealand	DAINAP/ARQ	2011/2016***	49.6%	42.0%	0.5%	6.5%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	45,684	a
Fiji ††	DAINAP	2006	87.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	12.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	312	f
Total											179,579
Average			48.3%	26.9%	0.3%	22.6%	1.2%	0.8%	-	-

 

*      Definitions of treatment interventions, recording practices (including counting rules) and methods for determining the primary drug of abuse differ from country to country; percentages may fail to add up to 100 per cent owing to incomplete reporting, gaps in identifying primary drug of abuse and treatment for multiple drugs. In cases where the total of the reported values by drug type exceeded the reported value for all treatment, the percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total.

**    Figures may reflect number of persons or treatment episodes depending on the Member State; figures exclude alcohol and nicotine.

***  If multiple years are given, the second year specified is for the number of people treated (second to last column).

†    In addition to miscellaneous and unspecified drugs, the category "Other" includes substances not under international control.

††     Fiji is excluded because of the disproportionate affect that the small number in treatment has on the unweighted mean

1. Whole country
2. Geographically limited reporting (eg the Capital city)
3. Publicly funded treatment
4. NGO/ privately funded treatment
5. Inpatient/ hospitalization modality
6. Outpatient modality
7. Limited subpopulation (eg prison, youth, etc)
8. Opioid substitution treatment (eg methadone)
1. First-time treatment entrants (not returning clients)
10. Treatment admissions (not persons)
11. Partial coverage (geographical/treatment type)
12. Prisons excluded
13. Treatment entrants only