Drug use in the United Kingdom

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Statistics report on drug use in the United Kingdom (UK)

This dossier presents a range of statistics and facts about illegal drug use in the United Kingdom. Drug use is rising in the United Kingdom with nearly one in three adults admitting that they have tried drugs at least once. Next to prevalence of use and incidence rate of hospital admissions, this dossier also includes a chapter concerning drug use among school children.

- Drug use in the European Union 2020, by type of drug
- Drug induced deaths in Europe in 2020, by country
- Cannabis use in the past 12 months in Europe as of 2020, by country
- Cocaine use in the past 12 months in Europe as of 2020*, by country
- Amphetamine use in the past 12 months in Europe as of 2020*, by country
- Ecstasy use in the past 12 months in Europe as of 2021, by country
- Cannabis users in England and Wales in 2018, by age
- MDMA/ecstasy users in England and Wales in 2018, by age
- Cocaine users in England and Wales in 2018, by age
- Amphetamine users in England and Wales in 2018, by age
- Drug related NHS hospital admissions in England 2019/20, by age
- England: NHS hospital admissions for poisoning by drug misuse 2019/20, by region
- England: Adults in treatment for substance misuse 2005-2022
- England: Adults in treatment for substance misuse 2021/22, by substance used
- England: Young people in treatment for substance misuse 2021-22, by substance used
- England: Young people in treatment for substance misuse 2021/22, by gender and age
- Scotland: number of hospital stays for drug misuse 2000-2022
- Scotland: number of hospital stays for drug misuse 2021/22, by age
- Northern Ireland: breakdown of people in treatment for drug use 2019/20, by gender
- Type of drugs offered to children in England 2018, by gender
- School children's awareness of individual drugs in England 2018
- School children who took drugs in last month in England 2022, by age and gender
- Frequency of drug use by school children in England 2021, by gender
- Frequency of drug use by school children in England 2021, by age
- Usual frequency of drug use by school children in England 2021, by gender
- Number of drug offences in England and Wales 2002-2022
- Number of drug seizures in England and Wales 2022/21, by type
- Quantity of heroin seized in England and Wales 2006-2022
- Quantity of cannabis seized in England and Wales 2006-2022
- Number of drug offences in Northern Ireland 2002-2022
- Cause of death from drug poisoning in England and Wales 2021, by gender
- Deaths from drug poisoning by opiates in England and Wales 1993-2021
- Heroin & methadone related deaths in England and Wales 2019, by gender
- Number of drug poisioning deaths in England and Wales 1993-2020
- Deaths from drug misuse in England and Wales 2021, by gender and age
- Drug-related deaths in Scotland 2000-2021
- Drug-related deaths in Scotland 2021, by drug reported
- Drug-related deaths in Scotland 2021, by age and gender

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