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In A<\/jats:styled-content>ustralia, the majority of survey data regarding attitudes to drug policy are collected at the population level and the opinions of people who inject drugs remain underexplored. This study aimed to investigate how people who inject drugs perceive drug policy in A<\/jats:styled-content>ustralia and whether these opinions differ from those of the broader general population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Methods<\/jats:title>Drug\u2010related policy questions were drawn from the N<\/jats:styled-content>ational D<\/jats:styled-content>rug S<\/jats:styled-content>trategy H<\/jats:styled-content>ousehold S<\/jats:styled-content>urvey (NDSHS<\/jats:styled-content>) and added to the 2011 I<\/jats:styled-content>llicit D<\/jats:styled-content>rug R<\/jats:styled-content>eporting S<\/jats:styled-content>ystem (IDRS<\/jats:styled-content>) Survey (n\u2009=<\/jats:italic>\u2009868). The results were analysed for the full IDRS<\/jats:styled-content> sample and by recent drug use. IDRS<\/jats:styled-content> responses were compared with the general population using the 2010 NDSHS<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>There was a high level of support among IDRS<\/jats:styled-content> participants for measures to reduce the problems associated with heroin, but heterogeneity in levels of support for legalisation and penalties for sale\/supply across different drug types. 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