Drug abuse in Pakistan - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Drug abuse in Pakistan - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Drug abuse in Pakistan - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

23.10.2014 Views

DRUG ABUSE IN PAKISTAN Table A.II.1. Respondents perceptions to the scale of drug use ong>inong> their locale: rural/urban comparisons Urban areas Rural areas Commonly Some Rarely Don't Commonly Some Rarely Don't ong>Drugong> type used use used know used use used know Hashish and charas 127 (71%) 43 (24%) 7 (4%) 2 (1%) 67 (69%) 24 (25%) 6 (6%) — Heroong>inong> 96 (54%) 69 (39%) 10 (6%) 4 (2%) 31 (32%) 42 (44%) 11 (11%) 12 (12%) Opium 18 (10%) 58 (33%) 83 (47%) 18 (10%) 10 (11%) 33 (35%) 38 (40%) 13 (14%) Other opiates 21 (9%) 28 (16%) 52 (30%) 74 (42%) 3 (3%) 6 (7%) 23 (26%) 56 (64%) Cough syrups 19 (1%) 22 (12%) 56 (32%) 80 (45%) 12 (14%) 2 (2%) 17 (20%) 56 (64%) Psychotropics 44 (25%) 62 (35%) 47 (26%) 25 (14%) 10 (11%) 26 (28%) 33 (36%) 23 (25%) ong>Drugong> ong>inong>jection 23 (13%) 56 (32%) 42 (24%) 52 (30%) 7 (8%) 17 (19%) 21 (24%) 43 (49%) Solvents (glue, etc) 6 (4%) 30 (18%) 44 (26%) 90 (53%) 4 (5%) 6 (7%) 17 (20%) 57 (68%) Alcohol 84 (47%) 66 (37%) 26 (15%) 1 (>1%) 37 (40%) 26 (28%) 28 (30%) 2 (2%) Note: Sub-sample N's = Rural areas (84–97), Urban areas (170–179). Table A.II.2. Respondents perceptions to the scale of drug use ong>inong> their locale: provong>inong>cial comparisons Punjab Song>inong>dh Commonly Some Rarely Don't Commonly Some Rarely Don't ong>Drugong> type used use used know used use used know Hashish and charas 62 (67%) 26 (28%) 5 (5%) — 36 (56%) 25 (39%) 2 (3%) 1 (2%) Heroong>inong> 53 (58%) 31 (34%) 4 (4%) 4 (4%) 36 (56%) 24 (38%) 3 (5%) 1 (2%) Opium 11 (12%) 33 (37%) 35 (39%) 10 (11%) 5 (8%) 15 (24%) 35 (56%) 8 (13%) Other opiates 19 (22%) 19 (22%) 22 (26%) 26 (30%) 3 (5%) 8 (13%) 22 (34%) 31 (48%) Cough syrups 24 (28%) 15 (17%) 27 (31%) 21 (24%) 1 (2%) 3 (5%) 19 (30%) 41 (64%) Psychotropics 25 (28%) 38 (43%) 18 (20%) 8 (9%) 14 (22%) 21 (33%) 22 (34%) 7 (11%) ong>Drugong> ong>inong>jection 19 (21%) 41 (46%) 21 (23%) 9 (10%) 8 (13%) 15 (24%) 21 (33%) 19 (30%) Solvents (glue, etc) 9 (11%) 25 (29%) 26 (31%) 25 (29%) 1 (2%) 7 (11%) 19 (31%) 35 (56%) Alcohol 62 (71%) 22 (25%) 3 (3%) — 26 (41%) 26 (41%) 12 (19%) — Balochistan NWFP Commonly Some Rarely Don't Commonly Some Rarely Don't ong>Drugong> type used use used know used use used know Hashish and charas 27 (90%) 2 (7%) — 1 (3%) 56 (75%) 13 (17%) 6 (8%) — Heroong>inong> 23 (77%) 7 (23%) — — 9 (12%) 43 (57%) 12 (16%) 11 (15%) Opium 7 (23%) 13 (43%) 8 (27%) 2 (7%) 4 (5%) 27 (36%) 37 (49%) 7 (9%) Other opiates — 2 (7%) 7 (25%) 19 (68%) 2 (3%) 4 (6%) 18 (25%) 48 (67%) Cough syrups — 2 (7%) 8 (30%) 17 (63%) 5 (7%) 4 (5%) 18 (25%) 46 (63%) Psychotropics 1 (4%) 7 (25%) 9 (32%) 11 (39%) 11 (15%) 21 (28%) 23 (31%) 20 (27%) ong>Drugong> ong>inong>jection 3 (10%) 13 (45%) 6 (21%) 7 (24%) — 3 (4%) 12 (17%) 54 (78%) Solvents (glue, etc) — 3 (11%) 15 (54%) 10 (36%) — 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 68 (97%) Alcohol 18 (60%) 4 (13%) 6 (20%) 2 (7%) 14 (19%) 33 (44%) 27 (36%) 1 (1%) Note: Sub-sample N's = Punjab (85–93), Song>inong>dh (62–64), Balochistan (27–30), NWFP (69–75). 72

ANNEX II. SUPLEMENTARY FIGURE AND TABLES Table A.II.3. Key ong>inong>formant perceptions of long-term trends ong>inong> drug use ong>inong> their locale (last 5 years): rural/urban comparisons Urban areas Rural areas Decreased Decreased No Increased Increased Don’t Decreased Decreased No Increased Increased Don’t ong>Drugong> type a lot a little change a little a lot know a lot a little change a little a lot know Hashish and charas 4 (2%) 21 (12%) 24 (13%) 64 (36%) 61 (34%) 4 (2%) 3 (3%) 11 (11%) 9 (9%) 33 (34%) 41 (42%) — Heroong>inong> 13 (7%) 42 (24%) 17 (10%) 50 (28%) 52 (29%) 4 (2%) 6 (6%) 15 (16%) 11 (12%) 26 (28%) 26 (28%) 9 (10%) Opium 12 (7%) 21 (12%) 86 (50%) 23 (13%) 9 (5%) 20 (12%) 3 (3%) 16 (17%) 46 (49%) 13 (14%) 10 (11%) 5 (5%) Other opiates 3 (2%) 7 (4%) 33 (20%) 32 (20%) 16 (10%) 72 (44%) 4 (5%) 1 (1%) 10 (12%) 9 (11%) 3 (4%) 55 (67%) Cough syrups 6 (4%) 13 (8%) 19 (12%) 27 (16%) 18 (11%) 81 (49%) 1 (1%) 3 (4%) 8 (10%) 7 (9%) 8 (10%) 52 (66%) Psychotropics 4 (2%) 6 (3%) 23 (13%) 70 (40%) 47 (27%) 23 (13%) — 6 (7%) 8 (9%) 30 (35%) 21 (24%) 21 (24%) ong>Drugong> ong>inong>jection — 9 (5%) 23 (13%) 52 (30%) 30 (18%) 57 (33%) 3 (4%) 2 (2%) 8 (10%) 23 (28%) 7 (9%) 38 (47%) Solvents 2 (1%) 4 (2%) 22 (14%) 42 (26%) 10 (6%) 83 (51%) — 1 (1%) 8 (11%) 17 (23%) 1 (1%) 46 (63%) Alcohol 2 (1%) 15 (9%) 54 (31%) 47 (27%) 52 (30%) 6 (3%) 5 (5%) 11 (12%) 17 (18%) 37 (39%) 21 (22%) 3 (3%) 73

ANNEX II. SUPLEMENTARY FIGURE AND TABLES<br />

Table A.II.3. Key <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>formant percepti<strong>on</strong>s of l<strong>on</strong>g-term trends <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> drug use <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> their locale (last 5 years):<br />

rural/urban comparis<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Urban areas Rural areas<br />

Decreased Decreased No Increased Increased D<strong>on</strong>’t Decreased Decreased No Increased Increased D<strong>on</strong>’t<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Drug</str<strong>on</strong>g> type a lot a little change a little a lot know a lot a little change a little a lot know<br />

Hashish <strong>and</strong> charas 4 (2%) 21 (12%) 24 (13%) 64 (36%) 61 (34%) 4 (2%) 3 (3%) 11 (11%) 9 (9%) 33 (34%) 41 (42%) —<br />

Hero<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 13 (7%) 42 (24%) 17 (10%) 50 (28%) 52 (29%) 4 (2%) 6 (6%) 15 (16%) 11 (12%) 26 (28%) 26 (28%) 9 (10%)<br />

Opium 12 (7%) 21 (12%) 86 (50%) 23 (13%) 9 (5%) 20 (12%) 3 (3%) 16 (17%) 46 (49%) 13 (14%) 10 (11%) 5 (5%)<br />

Other opiates 3 (2%) 7 (4%) 33 (20%) 32 (20%) 16 (10%) 72 (44%) 4 (5%) 1 (1%) 10 (12%) 9 (11%) 3 (4%) 55 (67%)<br />

Cough syrups 6 (4%) 13 (8%) 19 (12%) 27 (16%) 18 (11%) 81 (49%) 1 (1%) 3 (4%) 8 (10%) 7 (9%) 8 (10%) 52 (66%)<br />

Psychotropics 4 (2%) 6 (3%) 23 (13%) 70 (40%) 47 (27%) 23 (13%) — 6 (7%) 8 (9%) 30 (35%) 21 (24%) 21 (24%)<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Drug</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>jecti<strong>on</strong> — 9 (5%) 23 (13%) 52 (30%) 30 (18%) 57 (33%) 3 (4%) 2 (2%) 8 (10%) 23 (28%) 7 (9%) 38 (47%)<br />

Solvents 2 (1%) 4 (2%) 22 (14%) 42 (26%) 10 (6%) 83 (51%) — 1 (1%) 8 (11%) 17 (23%) 1 (1%) 46 (63%)<br />

Alcohol 2 (1%) 15 (9%) 54 (31%) 47 (27%) 52 (30%) 6 (3%) 5 (5%) 11 (12%) 17 (18%) 37 (39%) 21 (22%) 3 (3%)<br />

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