Drug trends

In the 2010 Illicit Drugs Monitoring System report the majority (49 percent) of regular drug users said it was ‘easy’ to access LSD and a single tab or trip of LSD cost around $40. A record amount of LSD was seized by Police in 2009, possibly indicating a resurgence in its popularity due to the declining purity of ecstasy in New Zealand.

According to the latest Drug Use in New Zealand Survey 2007/2008 published in 2009:

• 7.3 percent of 16- to 64-year-olds have ever used LSD. The median age of first time use was 19
• 1.3 percent of 16- to -64-year-olds used LSD in the previous 12 months. European males were significantly more likely to have used it
• those aged 18 to 24 were more likely to have used LSD in the past 12 months
• Two out of three past year users used once or twice in the past year and one out of four used three to11 times in the past year.