Health

This section provides information about the harms associated with cocaine use, and the impact of cocaine use on mental and physical health.

Information in this section is sourced from a variety of resources and databases. Please refer to specific FAQs for source information.

Given the small proportion of Australian youth who use cocaine, there is little reliable and meaningful data about this population group available. As a result, this section presents only one FAQ, drawn from the 2022-23 Australian Secondary School Students’ Alcohol and Drug (ASSAD) Survey (Cancer Council Victoria, 2024).