Police now have better information to fight drug use

They've released figures that show average weekly use of drugs has an estimated street value of 9.6 million dollars.

They say 16 kilograms of methamphetamine are consumed every week.

Assistant Commissioner of Investigations, Serious and Organised Crime, Richard Chambers, says they can now start to help the areas that are worst affected by drugs.

He says it's important for police and the community to work together to address this issue.