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Drug Misuse Declared Findings from the 2009/10 British Crime Survey
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Drug Misuse Declared

Findings from the 2009/10 British Crime Survey

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Where do these figures come from? The data in this presentation is taken from the

Home Office report, Drug Misuse Declared Findings from the 2009/10 British Crime Survey

Copies of the report can be downloaded from the Home Office website:

http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/drug-use-prevalence.html

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Proportion of 16 -24 year olds saying they have ever used drugs

8% fewer young adults

say they have ever

taken a drug

than in 1996

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Young adult’s drug use - ever

2.7 million young adults are estimated to have used an illicit drug at some time in their lives.

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Proportion of 16 -24 year olds saying they have used drugs in the last year

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Young adult’s drug use – last year

1.3 million young adults are estimated to have taken an illicit drug in the last year.

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Proportion of 16 – 24 year olds saying they have used drugs in the last month

7% fewer young adults

say they

took a drug in the last month than in 1996

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Young adult’s drug use – last month

772,000 young adults took an illicit drug in the last month

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The most common age that drug users say that they first took... Cannabis

16 – 19 yr olds said they had been 15 years old 20 – 24 yr olds said they had been 15 years old

Ecstasy 16 – 19 yr olds said they were 16 years old 20 – 24 yr olds said they had been 18 years old

Cocaine 16 – 19 yr olds said they were 17 years old 20 – 24 yr olds said they had been 18 years old

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Estimated numbers of 16 – 24 year olds who have used an illicit drug, by type

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Proportion of frequent drug users aged 16 to 24 years

481,000 young adults are estimated to be frequent drug users

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16 to 24 year olds reporting use of cannabis or ‘skunk’

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Use of cannabis in the last year

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Use of any Class A drug in the last year

'Any Class A drug' comprises powder cocaine, crack cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, magic mushrooms, heroin and methadone plus methamphetamine since 2008/09

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Use of powder cocaine in the last year

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Use of ecstasy in the last year

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Use of hallucinogens in the last year

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Use of amphetamines in the last year