Illicit Drug Use Rose During Pandemic: Australian Report

Drug syndicates are sending ice to Australia through the mail service, federal police say after a nationwide operation targeting the syndicates in February 2020. Australian Federal Police

Drug use rose at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic across Australia, with ice topping the list of illegal substances consumed.

That’s the major finding of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s latest wastewater monitoring program covering samples taken from one week in both April and June this year.