Did you know?

  • Almost 70% of Australian illegal drug users are employed?
  • According to Workcover statistics, in serious workplace accidents where alcohol or other drugs are present 80% of the injured are those who didn't take the drugs.
  • 26% of Australian psychiatric patients have a dependency on marijuana.
  • 30% of the bodies in Melbourne's morgue show traces of marijuana. It's not known how many of the remaining victims were killed as a result of the actions of the drug user.
  • 80% of the crime committed in Australia is drug related.
  • In Laboratory confirmations, 90% of the illegal drugs identified is marijuana.
  • Mixing marijuana with alcohol increases the risk of having an accident from 3 times to 48 times more likely to occur.
  • 2 out of 3 drug users will find it difficult to abstain for a whole day and will "top-up" at work.