Drugs

• The possible health impacts caused by illicit drugs include: the burden of disease, injury, overdose and death
• The possible social impacts of illicit drug use includes: violence, crime and trauma
• The possible economic impacts of illicit drug use include the cost of health care and law enforcement.
• The world of illicit drugs covers a broader range of substances like illegal drugs, pharmaceuticals (when used for other purposes besides medical use), and psychoactive substances.
• unemployed people are 3 times more likely to use drugs in Australia
• The age group most likely to use drugs is 18-25 years old
• Drug abuse can lead to addiction which is when someone becomes physically or psychologically dependent on a substance that they cannot function without it
• People with mental health disorders can be at an increased risk of licit and illicit drug use
• People who are apart of the LGBTQIA+ can be at an increased risk of licit and illicit drug use. 
• Indigenous Australians aged 14 and over were 1.4 times as likely to report using illicit drugs in the last 12 months compared with non‑Indigenous Australians