Indicators of an increase in heroin availability in Western Australia
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It is well documented that in 2001, the Australian market for illicit drugs experienced a serious disruption to the supply of heroin. This event, colloquially referred to as “the heroin drought” saw a substantial decline in both the availability and purity of heroin, while the price of a gram in Perth rose to $750, rendering it the most expensive market for heroin in Australia at the time. The market for heroin in Perth has never fully recovered from this. A brief resurgence was observed in the next few years only for the market to collapse a second time in 2006.
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