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Table EYE-1. Recent school surveys: lifetime prevalence (percentage) of psychoactive substance use among students 15 to 16 years old

Country

Year

Ref.

Project

Sample 15/16 y.o.

Cannabis

Inhalants/ volatile substances

Amphetamines

Ecstasy

LSD & other hallucinogens

Cocaine

Heroin

Belgium (Flemish)

 

2002-2003

7

VAD

512

24

7

3

3

3

3

2

Belgium

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2320

32

7

2

4

3

3

1

Czech Republic

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3195

44

9

4

8

6

1

1

Denmark

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2978

23

8

4

2

1

2

1

Germany

(e)

2003

 

ESPAD

5110

27

11

5

3

3

2

1

Estonia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2463

23

8

7

5

2

1

1

Greece

 

2003

 

ESPAD

1906

6

15

0

2

1

1

1

Spain

(c) (f)

2002

4

PNSD

25770

36

3

4

5

4

6

1

France

(a)

2003

 

ESPAD

2199

38

11

2

3

1

3

2

Ireland

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2407

39

18

1

5

2

3

1

Italy

 

2003

 

ESPAD

4871

27

6

3

3

3

4

4

Cyprus

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2152

4

18

0

0

0

0

0

Latvia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2841

16

7

3

3

1

1

1

Lithuania

 

2003

 

ESPAD

5036

13

5

5

2

2

1

1

Hungary

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2677

16

5

3

3

2

1

1

Netherlands

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2095

28

6

1

5

2

3

1

Malta

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3500

10

16

1

1

1

1

1

Austria

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2402

21

14

4

3

2

2

1

Poland

 

2003

 

ESPAD

5964

18

9

5

3

2

2

2

Portugal

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2946

15

8

3

4

2

3

2

Slovenia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2785

28

15

1

3

1

1

1

Slovakia

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2276

27

9

2

3

2

1

0

Finland

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3543

11

8

1

1

1

0

1

Sweden

(d)

2003

8

CAN

approx. 5000

6

7

1

1

0

0

1

Sweden

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3232

7

8

1

2

1

1

1

United Kingdom

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2068

38

12

3

5

2

4

1

Bulgaria

 

2003

 

ESPAD

2740

21

3

2

3

2

2

1

Romania

 

2003

 

ESPAD

4371

3

1

0

1

0

1

0

Turkey

(e)

2003

 

ESPAD

4177

4

4

2

2

2

2

2

Norway

 

2003

 

ESPAD

3833

9

5

2

2

1

1

1

Notes:  

This table aims to present data on 15- to 16-year-old school students obtained from national surveys. The surveys for Belgium (Flemish) is the Flemish region only, and the German and Turkish ESPAD surveys are limited to the regions specified in note (e). In all of the school surveys, the method for data collection was classroom based, anonymous, self-completion questionnaires in written test conditions.  

Caution is required comparing figures due to methodological limitations. For methods and definitions see [Methods and definitions: schools surveys].  

ESPAD  

ESPAD (the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs) is co-ordinated by The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN) and Council of Europe (Pompidou Group). ESPAD prevalence figures are reported rounded to the nearest whole percentage point (other sources supply percentages up to one decimal place, which have been rounded off for use in this table). The sample sizes refer to the number of participating students who filled in the questionnaire. For further details see www.espad.org.  

(a) LSD & other hallucinogens: includes LSD only.  

(c) Ecstasy: includes other synthetic drugs. LSD & other hallucinogens: includes poppers/amyl nitrate.  

(d) ESPAD methods are adopted to varying degrees.  

(e) ESPAD 2003 Germany figures are based in six regions only (Bavaria, Brandenburg, Berlin, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Thuringia). Turkey figures are based on one major city in each of 6 different regions (Adana, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Istanbul, Izmir and Samsun).  

(f) The sample size given for the survey is for a wider age range than 15 to 16 years. 

Sources:          

See [Table EYE-0].  

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