Table EYE-4. ESPAD 2003 school surveys: Lifetime prevalence (percentages) of psychoactive substance use among students 15–16 years [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) All students

Country		Year	Reference	Sample 15–16 years	Cannabis	Inhalants/ volatile substances	Amphetamines	Ecstasy	LSD and other hallucinogens	Cocaine	Heroin
Belgium		2003		2320	32	7	2	4	3	3	1
Bulgaria		2003		2740	21	3	2	3	2	2	1
Czech Republic		2003		3195	44	9	4	8	6	1	1
Denmark		2003		2978	23	8	4	2	1	2	1
Germany	(a)	2003		5110	27	11	5	3	3	2	1
Estonia		2003		2463	23	8	7	5	2	1	1
Ireland		2003		2407	39	18	1	5	2	3	1
Greece		2003		1906	6	15	0	2	1	1	1
France		2003		2199	38	11	2	3	1	3	2
Italy		2003		4871	27	6	3	3	3	4	4
Cyprus		2003		2152	4	18	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia		2003		2841	16	7	3	3	1	1	1
Lithuania		2003		5036	13	5	5	2	2	1	1
Hungary		2003		2677	16	5	3	3	2	1	1
Malta		2003		3500	10	16	1	1	1	1	1
Netherlands		2003		2095	28	6	1	5	2	3	1
Austria		2003		2402	21	14	4	3	2	2	1
Poland		2003		5964	18	9	5	3	2	2	2
Portugal		2003		2946	15	8	3	4	2	3	2
Romania		2003		4371	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
Slovenia		2003		2785	28	15	1	3	1	1	1
Slovak Republic		2003		2276	27	9	2	3	2	1	0
Finland		2003		3543	11	8	1	1	1	0	1
Sweden		2003		3232	7	8	1	2	1	1	1
United Kingdom		2003		2068	38	12	3	5	2	4	1
Croatia		2003		2884	22	14	2	5	1	1	1
Turkey	(a)	2003		4177	4	4	2	2	2	2	2
Norway		2003		3833	9	5	2	2	1	1	1

Notes:

 This table presents data on 15– to 16-year-old school students obtained from national surveys. 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: youth and the schools population. 

 ESPAD (European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other drugs) is coordinated by the Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other drugs (CAN) and Council of Europe (Pompidou Group). ESPAD prevalence figures are taken from published ESPAD reports and may differ sometimes from those reported directly by Member States. The sample sizes given refer to the number of participating 15- to 16-year-old students who filled in the questionnaire. 

 (a) 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) 

Sources:

 ESPAD (The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs) is coordinated by the Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN) and Council of Europe (Pompidou Group). 

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