Victorians are taking more drugs than any other Australians
By Aap
Published: 02:06 BST, 17 June 2019 | Updated: 02:06 BST, 17 June 2019
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Urban Victorians consume more heroin than other Australians and the state's regions have recorded the highest use of MDMA and oxycodone.
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission's seventh report of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program shows Victoria has the highest average capital city consumption and second highest average regional consumption of heroin nationally.
The state also had the highest average regional consumption of MDMA and oxycodone and the second highest average capital city consumption of cocaine in the country.
The ACIC report covers about 12.6 million people, or 54 per