Cannabis use costs Australia $4.5 billion a year

Updated August 10 2020 - 12:12pm, first published August 5 2020 - 11:51am
A report Quantifying the Social Costs of Cannabis Use to Australia report published by the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) at Curtin University found that cannabis use is costing Australia $4.5 billion a year. Image by Shutterstock.
A report Quantifying the Social Costs of Cannabis Use to Australia report published by the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) at Curtin University found that cannabis use is costing Australia $4.5 billion a year. Image by Shutterstock.

The use of cannabis is costing Australia $4.5 billion a year, according to a new report released today.