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Home Office

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Mr. Stinchcombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in the United Kingdom aged (a) 34 years and younger and (b) 35 years and older are estimated to have taken (i) cannabis, (ii) amphetamines, (iii) LSD, (iv) cocaine, (v) ecstasy, (vi) heroin and (vii) crack. [66665] Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The most up-to-date estimates currently available are from the 2000 British Crime Survey. Data are only available for England and Wales. Table 1: Estimates of the number of 16 to 34-year-olds having ever used various drugs in their lifetime, in England and Wales in 2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Best estimate Lower estimate Higher estimate Cannabis 5,526,000 5,305,000 5,746,000 Amphetamines 2,624,000 2,807,000 2,451,000 LSD 1,345,000 1,216,000 1,486,000 Cocaine 1,217,000 1,094,000 1,352,000 Ecstasy 1,427,000 1,294,000 1,571,000 Heroin 206,000 157,000 269,000 Crack 247,000 193,000 315,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 2: Estimates of the number of 35 to 59-year-olds having ever used various drugs in their lifetime, in England and Wales in 2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Best estimate Lower estimate Higher estimate Cannabis 3,208,000 3,035,000 3,390,000 Amphetamines 1,047,000 943,000 1,161,000 LSD 489,000 419,000 570,000 Cocaine 385,000 323,000 458,000 Ecstasy 154,000 116,000 203,000 Heroin 93,000 65,000 132,000 Crack 71,000 47,000 107,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

66665; 389 c87-8W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Cannabis Drugs Misuse Ecstasy Heroin Cocaine Amphetamines LSD

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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