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Cannabis: Misuse

Answer

Information as requested is not collected.Data on the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) is only available from April 2004, with national data on under-18s available from April 2005.The NDTMS does not monitor activity through 'finished consultant episodes'—the data relates to structured treatment activity for all those providing treatment for drug misuse and records those who attend specialist drug treatment services only.The following data shows the number of individuals who received drug treatment for cannabis, and is broken down by SHA. There are separate figures for adults (over 18) and young people (under 18) in 2005-06 and 2006-07, and figures for over 18s only for 2004-05.2006-07 dataEngland total"Total over 18s receiving treatment of cannabis was 16,685""Total under 18s receiving treatment of cannabis was 9,259"

Data by strategic health authority (SHA)	18 and over 18	Under 18	Total
East Midlands SHA	1,185	747	1,932
East of England SHA	1,833	523	2,356
London SHA	4,000	2,007	6,007
North East SHA	822	605	1,427
North West SHA	2,631	1,949	4,580
South Central SHA	697	568	1,265
South East Coast SHA	958	617	1,575
South West SHA	1,688	722	2,410
West Midlands SHA	1,426	862	2,288
Yorkshire and the Humber SHA	1,445	659	2,104
Total	16,685	9,259	2,5944
Source:
NDTMS

2005-06 dataEngland total"Total over 18s receiving treatment of cannabis was 14,828""Total under 18s receiving treatment of cannabis was 8,014"

Data by SHA	18 and over 18	Under 18	Total
Avon Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA	670	375	1,045
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA	524	95	619
Birmingham and The Black Country SHA	592	383	975
Cheshire and Merseyside SHA	761	491	1,252
County Durham and Tees Valley SHA	304	264	568
Cumbria and Lancashire SHA	349	126	475
Dorset and Somerset SHA	393	119	512
Essex SHA	800	126	926
Greater Manchester SHA	1,039	839	1,878
Hampshire and Isle Of Wight SHA	492	184	676
Kent and Medway SHA	394	149	543
Leicestershire Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA	209	180	389
Norfolk Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA	566	160	726
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA	504	222	726
North Central London SHA	505	359	864
North East London SHA	606	226	832
North West London SHA	1,005	343	1,348
Northumberland Tyne and Wear SHA	447	432	879
Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA	202	177	379
South East London SHA	560	276	836
South West London SHA	678	368	1,046
South West Peninsula SHA	371	228	599
South Yorkshire SHA	345	151	496
Surrey and Sussex SHA	525	472	997
Thames Valley SHA	453	304	757
Trent SHA	669	525	1,194
West Midlands South SHA	285	121	406
West Yorkshire SHA	580	319	899
Total	14,828	8014	22,842
Source:
NDTMS

Data for 2004-05England total"Total over 18s receiving treatment of cannabis was 11,057"

Data by SHA	18 and over 18s
Avon Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA	449
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA	535
Birmingham and The Black Country SHA	357
Cheshire and Merseyside SHA	356
County Durham and Tees Valley SHA	215
Cumbria and Lancashire SHA	201
Dorset and Somerset SHA	320
Essex SHA	630
Greater Manchester SHA	611
Hampshire and Isle Of Wight SHA	473
Kent and Medway SHA	473
Leicestershire Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA	150
Norfolk Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA	513
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA	417
North Central London SHA	397
North East London SHA	422
North West London SHA	649
Northumberland Tyne and Wear SHA	452
Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA	155
South East London SHA	350
South West London SHA	565
South West Peninsula SHA	227
South Yorkshire SHA	208
Surrey and Sussex SHA	429
Thames Valley SHA	302
Trent SHA	550
West Midlands South SHA	256
West Yorkshire SHA	395
Total	11,057
Source:
NDTMS

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

470 c581-3W; 175143

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Cannabis Misuse

Link

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