Alcohol-Related Harms

Alcohol is the most harmful drug in Australia. Although fentanyl, heroin, and crystal methamphetamine are more harmful to the individual, alcohol is most the harmful drug to others and most harmful overall (both when accounting and not accounting for prevalence). In particular, alcohol has specific harms to the individual (drug-related morbidity, drug-specific morbidity) and others (economic costs, family adversity, injury to others).