UQ leads the world’s largest drug survey

Researchers from The University of Queensland have launched the world's biggest drug survey, to gain insight into drug use around the globe. Global Drug Survey was founded by Professor Adam Winstock from University College London and has been running annually since 2012. This year the survey is led by Dr Cheneal Puljevic from UQ's School of Public Health. "The aim of the Global Drug Survey is to make drug use safer for people, regardless of the drug's legality," Dr Puljevic said. "We hope to gain insight into drug use across the world, so we can inform individuals and organisations about what's going on in their communities and how best to reduce harms from drug use." This year respondents will be asked about drug prices, decriminalisation, tobacco endgame policies, performance and image enhancing drugs, nitrous oxide use and drug use in nightlife and festival settings. It will also be the first Global Drug Survey to ask questions about the use of illicit tobacco. Dr Puljevic said there had been very little international research into the tobacco black market.