Overview

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services assist people to address their drug use. Treatment objectives can include reduction or cessation of drug use as well as improvements to social and personal functioning. Assistance may also be provided to support the family and friends of people using drugs.

More reports and statistics on AODTS can be found under Alcohol, Illicit use of drugs and Smoking.

Latest findings

There was a higher rate of clients who sought AOD treatment outside of Major cities People in Regional and remote areas were more likely than those in Major cities to drink alcohol in risky quantities In 28% of closed episodes provided outside Major cities, the client travelled 1 hour or more to their AOD treatment Levels of recent drug use were similar between remoteness areas, however the type of illicit drug used varied The burden of drug and alcohol use increases with remoteness

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Highlights

50,59750,597 clients received opioid pharmacotherapy treatment from authorised prescribers for opioid drug dependence in 2018
130,000clients received AOD treatment in 2017–18
209,000treatment episodes were provided by AOD treatment agencies
952publicly-funded alcohol and other drug treatment agencies provided services to clients
2 in 3opioid pharmacotherapy clients were male. The median age of opioid pharmacotherapy clients was 43
3,168 authorised opioid pharmacotherapy prescribers in 2018
The most common drugs that led clients to seek AOD treatment were alcohol, amphetamines, cannabis and heroin
39%of closed treatment episodes had counselling as the most common AOD treatment type