Ice use rising, cocaine resurgent - but the big concerns remain alcohol and nicotine

More than a tonne of MDMA worth about $86 million seized from a shipping container in Sydney Source: AAP

Australians spent more than an estimated $11 billion last year on illegal drugs. So says the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, based on findings from an analysis of waste water that also found significant drug use in regional areas, with methamphetamine use the country's biggest challenge.

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