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

Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey
A1.2 Reported drug use ‘in the last year’ 1 ; gender and age 2 : 2006
drug name
Prevalence
16-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-59 years All ages
percentage
Any drug
Total 34.6 28.3 22.3 12.6 12.2 2.8 12.6
Males 33.1 32.3 33.2 20.6 17.4 3.7 16.2
Females 36.1 24.2 11.9 5.2 7.3 2.0 9.1
Amphetamines
Total 6.3 5.1 4.5 1.0 2.4 0.5 2.2
Males 6.4 4.9 5.9 1.4 4.2 0.8 2.8
Females 6.1 5.3 3.2 0.6 0.6 * 1.6
Cannabis
Total 31.4 23.9 18.1 11.6 11.3 2.4 11.0
Males 29.8 26.8 27.0 19.5 15.9 3.1 14.0
Females 33.0 20.9 9.4 4.3 7.1 1.8 8.0
Cocaine
Total 10.4 11.4 7.9 2.8 3.3 * 3.7
Males 10.6 14.5 12.8 4.8 5.7 * 5.2
Females 10.2 8.2 3.1 0.9 1.0 * 2.3
Crack
Total 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.0 - 0.4
Males - 1.3 0.7 1.3 2.1 - 0.6
Females 1.4 - 0.6 * 1.0 * *
Ecstasy
Total 10.6 8.1 7.5 2.3 2.3 * 3.2
Males 11 11.4 11.4 4.2 3.8 0.4 4.6
Females 10.3 4.8 3.8 0.6 1.0 0.7 1.9
Heroin
Total 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.5 * 0.5
Males 2.1 2.1 0.7 1.3 0.8 * 0.8
Females - 0.6 0.9 0.6 * * *
Methadone
Total - 1.2 0.7 0.6 * * *
Males - 2.4 1.1 0.6 0.5 * 0.6
Females - - * 0.6 * - *
LSD
Total 2.5 1.6 0.9 * 0.7 - 0.6
Males 5.0 2.7 1.1 * 1.5 - 1.1
Females - * 0.7 - - - *
Magic mushrooms
Total 2.0 2.9 1.3 0.9 0.9 * 0.9
Males 1.4 3.7 1.5 1.8 1.8 * 1.2
Females 2.6 2.1 1.2 - - * 0.6
Temazepam
Total 1.1 1.2 1.3 0.5 3.2 * 0.5
Males 2.1 2.1 1.7 * 3.4 * 0.7
Females - * 0.9 0.6 - *
Valium
Total 5.7 3.9 2.7 2.2 1.6 * 1.7
Males 4.0 4.0 2.8 4.0 0.5 * 1.7
Females 7.5 3.7 2.7 0.6 2.6 * 1.7
Glues
Total 1.7 - - * 0.6 - *
Males 2.1 - - 0.7 1.2 - *
Females 1.4 - - - - - *
Anabolic steroids
Total - - - - - - -
Males - - - - - * *
Females - - - - - - -
Poppers
Total 10.2 4.9 3.8 0.7 0.8 * 2.0
Males 9.2 6.7 6.6 1.1 1.5 * 2.7
Females 11.2 3.0 1.0 * * - 1.4
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 being offered that drug in the last year.
* 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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