UKCIA Hansard Statistics index

Percentage of males and females who indicated that they had ever taken drugs, 1996, England and Wales	Click here
Number of 16 to 24 year olds using cannabis and heroin	Click here
Number of 16 to 24 year olds using named drugs	Click here
Use of cannabis, ecstasy and heroin as main or subsidiary drug by users starting agency episodes in the period 1 April to 30 September 1996, England	Click here

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Percentage of males and females who indicated that they had ever taken drugs, 1996, England and Wales

February 1998

	Age 16 to 19	Age 20 to 24
Males	48	57
Females	42	43
Persons	45	49

Note: Percentages rounded to the nearest whole figure. Source: 1996 British Crime Survey

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Number of 16 to 24 year olds using cannabis and heroin - 95% confidence intervals

May 1998

			(000)
	Lower estimate	Higher estimate	Mid-point
Cannabis
ever used	2,100	2,400	2,300
used last year	1,400	1,700	1,500
used last month	800	1,100	900
Heroin
ever used	30	110	60
used last year	10	60	20
used last month	1	40	6

Source: 1996 BCS Weighted data

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Number of 16 to 24 year olds using named drugs - 95% confidence intervals

May 1998

			(000)
Named drugs	Lower estimate	Higher estimate	Mid-point
Cannabis: ever used	2,100	2,400	2,300
Ecstasy: ever used	540	770	650
Cocaine: ever used	170	320	240
Heroin: ever used	30	110	60

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Use of cannabis, ecstasy and heroin as main or subsidiary drug by users starting agency episodes in the period 1 April to 30 September 1996, England

May 1998

Ms Jowell: The National Health Service regional drug misuse databases collect data on people presenting to services with a drug problem in England and Wales, either for the first time or after a gap of 6 months or more. Data for England are collated centrally by the Department, including details of the main drug and any other drugs of misuse (a maximum of five can be recorded). The most recent statistics published for England are given in the Department's Statistical Bulletin "Drug Misuse Statistics for the six months ending September 1996". Information for this period is given in the table.

Drug of misuse	Main drug	Subsidiary drug	Total
Cannabis	1,533	4,784	6,317
Ecstasy	268	1,165	1,433
Heroin	14,334	2,065	16,399

Note: A user may report using more than one drug; for example, heroin may be reported as the main drug and cannabis and/or ecstasy reported as the subsidiary drugs