Australian (illicit) drug policy timeline 1985-2012

This paper, from the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, provides a list of key events, policy and legislative changes that have occurred in Australia since 1985, when the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse was adopted, and methadone was nationally endorsed as an appropriate treatment intervention. Events are listed by jurisdiction, at the national and state/territory level. Illicit drugs refer to cannabis, heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy, hallucinogens and other ‘designer’ drugs.