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Table DUP-1. Prevalence of lifetime drug use among prisoners, 2000–11
Part (i) Most recent data available from survey/routine monitoring (%)
| Country | year | source/ reference | Sample | Any illicit drug | Cannabis | Cocaine | Crack | Heroin | Amphetamines | Ecstasy | LSD | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | (b) | 2010 | 1 | 1251 | 61 | 54 | 41 | (1) | : | 29 | 33 | 32 | : | |||||||||
| Bulgaria | (a) | 2011 | 1 | 9885 | 30 | 26 | : | : | 20 | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | (a) | 2010 | 1 | 1668 | 49 | 37 | 13 | : | 13 | 35 | 18 | : | ||||||||||
| Denmark | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Germany | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Estonia | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Ireland | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Greece | (a) | 2000 | 1 | 136 | 48 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Spain | (a) | 2006 | 1 | 4934 | : | 65 | 53 | 39 | 39 | (2) | 25 | 24 | : | |||||||||
| France | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Italy | (a) | 2003 | 16 | 1267 | 56 | 33 | 42 | : | 34 | 5 | 7 | : | ||||||||||
| Cyprus | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Latvia | (a) | 2010 | 1 | 1965 | 66 | 61 | 19 | 25 | 41 | 28 | : | |||||||||||
| Lithuania | (b) | 2011 | 1 | 329 | 66 | 36 | 15 | 43 | 38 | 21 | : | |||||||||||
| Luxembourg | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Hungary | (a) | 2008 | 2 | 503 | 44 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 23 | : | |||||||||||
| Malta | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | (a) | 2003 | 4 | 355 | 79 | 78 | (3) | 11 | (3) | 2 | (3) | 4 | (3) | 8 | (3) | 18 | (3) | 3 | (3) | |||
| Austria | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Poland | (a) | 2007 | 1 | 1240 | (4) | 49 | 43 | 21 | : | 8 | 39 | 29 | : | |||||||||
| Portugal | (a) | 2007 | 1 | 1986 | 55 | 48 | 35 | : | 30 | 15 | 18 | : | ||||||||||
| Romania | (a) | 2011 | 1 | 2064 | 24 | 13 | 9 | : | 11 | 2 | 5 | : | ||||||||||
| Slovenia | (c) | 2008 | 1 | 4383 | 28 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Slovakia | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| Finland | : | 2001 | 2 | 825 | 58 | : | : | : | 5 | (5) | 29 | : | : | |||||||||
| Sweden | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | (c) | 2005-06 | 3 | 1457 | (6) | 79 | (7) | 70 | 43 | 41 | 37 | 37 | : | : | ||||||||
| Croatia | (a) | 2011 | 1 | 2133 | 14 | 6 | 2 | : | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | : | ||||||||||
| Turkey | (a) | 2011 | 1 | 1125 | 46 | 41 | 13 | : | 8 | 2 | 27 | : | ||||||||||
| Norway | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||||||||||
Notes:
(a) Lifetime drug use prior imprisonment. (b) Lifetime drug use prior/within prison. (c) Refer to part (ii).
(1) Crack is included.
(2) Prevalence for heroin + cocaine in the same dose is as well available (31%).
(3) 2002-03, youth 14-17 year-olds on remand and convicted (n = 205). Heroin: Includes heroin and other opiates.
(4) Only adult males.
(5) Prevalence of opiates use.
(6) Only England and Wales prisons.
(7) Any of heroin, crack, cocaine, amphetamines, cannabis.
Source:
For methodological information, and previous surveys please refer to Reitox national focal points. See Table DUP-01 part (ii)
For access to sources and bibliographic references, refer to Table DUP-0.