Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2007 - Drug Misuse Information ...

Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey
A1.1 Reported drug use ‘ever’ 1 ; gender and age 2 : 2006
drug name
16-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-59 years All ages
percentage
Any drug
Total 45.8 58.2 56.8 54.5 39.2 20.2 36.6
Males 44.7 65.8 63.1 60.2 50.0 25.4 42.6
Females 46.9 50.4 50.8 49.3 29.2 15.3 30.9
Prevalence
Amphetamines
Total 11.4 18.6 28.9 26.8 19.6 5.7 14.2
Males 11.7 21.3 31.1 34.4 28.9 6.7 17.2
Females 11.1 15.9 26.8 20.0 11.0 4.7 11.3
Cannabis
Total 42.4 53.8 52.4 48.4 35.1 17.5 32.9
Males 41.0 62.0 57.8 55.7 44.9 22.8 39.0
Females 43.7 45.4 47.3 41.6 26.0 12.5 27.2
Cocaine
Total 13.2 17.4 17.6 13.2 10.2 2.6 8.9
Males 13.9 22.3 28.1 20.1 15.7 3.5 12.5
Females 12.5 12.4 7.4 6.8 5.2 1.8 5.4
Crack
Total 0.7 1.2 1.2 1.3 2.5 0.5 1.0
Males - 2.3 1.5 2.0 4.2 0.9 1.6
Females 1.4 - 0.9 0.6 1.0 * 0.5
Ecstasy
Total 13.8 15.5 25.0 22.0 10.4 1.5 10.0
Males 14.2 21.6 32.1 30.7 16.7 2.4 13.7
Females 13.4 9.3 18.1 13.9 4.5 0.7 6.5
Heroin
Total 1.1 2.1 1.7 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.2
Males 2.1 3.5 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.8
Females 0.5 0.6 1.6 0.6 1 * 0.5
Methadone
Total - 1.2 1.2 1.7 1.5 * 0.8
Males - 2.4 1.9 2.9 1.4 0.8 1.4
Females - - 0.6 0.6 1.5 * *
LSD
Total 3.6 6.1 16.8 17.8 10.6 3.7 7.8
Males 5.0 8.6 23.5 24.3 16.7 5.4 11.2
Females 2.2 3.6 10.3 11.7 4.9 2.1 4.6
Magic mushrooms
Total 3.9 5.8 10.3 15.2 12.4 4.2 7.3
Males 3.2 6.9 15.7 23.3 17.8 6.1 10.4
Females 4.7 4.7 5.0 7.6 7.4 2.4 4.3
Temazepam
Total 3.0 2.3 7.7 6.1 3.2 1.2 3.0
Males 3.0 2.8 10.5 10.2 3.4 1.4 3.9
Females 3.0 1.8 5.0 2.4 3.1 1.1 2.1
Valium
Total 9.6 7.6 9.6 6.2 4.9 1.8 4.8
Males 9.9 8.9 12.3 10.8 3.9 2.4 6.0
Females 9.3 6.3 6.9 2.0 5.7 1.1 3.6
Glues
Total 5.6 4.0 4.7 6.2 5.6 1.0 3.3
Males 6.4 1.8 5.9 9.4 8.9 1.7 4.3
Females 4.8 6.2 3.5 3.1 2.5 0.5 2.3
Anabolic steroids
Total - - * 0.6 0.9 0.5 *
Males - - 0.7 1.2 1.7 0.9 0.8
Females - - - - * * *
Poppers
Total 14.7 19.3 19.9 18.0 10.8 2.1 9.8
Males 16.3 25.9 24.5 24.1 17.4 3.4 13.4
Females 12.9 12.6 15.5 12.5 4.7 1.0 6.5
Base (2006) number
Total 157 269 331 358 437 1 605 3 158
Males 78 125 136 149 192 756 1 436
Females 79 144 195 209 245 849 1 722
1 All respondents who reported taking the bogus drug (20) have been excluded from analysis.
2 The results separating drug use by age should be interpreted with caution, due to possible bias within the sample and the lower number than usual of achieved interviews with
individuals aged between 20 and 24.
- (zero) no respondents reported taking that drug ever.
* less than 0.5% of respondents gave this answer
Source: Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey 2006
Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2007
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