ASSAD Hallucinogen use

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ASSAD Hallucinogen use

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Hallucinogen use: ever, last year, last month, last week, ACT Secondary Students aged 12-17 years, 1996-2017

 

In 2017, 1.6% of secondary students surveyed reported that they had ever used hallucinogens and 1.1% had used them in the last year. Estimates for hallucinogen use in the last month and last week have not been published due to a relative standard error greater than 50% or small numbers.

Hallucinogens include LSD, acid, trips, magic mushrooms, datura, angel's trumpet.

Please note that this indicator was updated in 2022 and replaces all previous versions. 

The following estimates have a relative standard error between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution:

2017 ever used hallucinogens
2005, 2008 and 2014 used hallucinogens in the last month
2002, 2005, 2008 and 2014 used hallucinogens in the last week

The following estimates have not been published due to a relative standard error greater than 50% or small numbers:

2011 and 2017 used hallucinogens in the last month
2011 and 2017 used hallucinogens in the last week

For the purpose of reporting the Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different.

To access the data please click on the "View source data" link at the bottom of the visualisation. This link will open up a data table that you can download.

Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey