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2010/11 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey: Drug Use
This report presents findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2010/11 Drug Use module. The report provides information on the experience and prevalence of illicit drug use amongst the general adult population in Scotland.
Table A1.14: Type of drug first taken and age at which first taken among women who reported ever using illicit drugs
Source: SCJS 2010/11. Variable name: QDR1ST, QDRAGE.
| All women reporting drug use % |
U16 % |
16-19 % |
20-24 % |
25 + % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS A | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 7.1 |
| Cocaine | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Crack | 0.1 | - | - | - | - |
| Ecstasy | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| Heroin | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | - | - |
| Methadone | - | - | - | - | - |
| LSD | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | - |
| Magic mushrooms | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.5 |
| CLASS B | 82.2 | 78.8 | 86.5 | 84.1 | 68.7 |
| Amphetamines | 5.4 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 8.9 | 4.5 |
| Crystal Meth | 0.1 | - | - | - | - |
| Cannabis | 76.8 | 76.1 | 80.8 | 75.2 | 64.2 |
| CLASS C | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 19.8 |
| Anabolic steroids | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ketamine | 0.6 | - | 0.8 | 1.0 | - |
| Temazepam | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | - | 3.5 |
| Valium | 3.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 16.3 |
| NOT CLASSIFIED | |||||
| Glues/solvents/gas/aerosols | 1.7 | 7.6 | 0.2 | - | - |
| Poppers | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| NEW DRUGS | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - |
| BZP | - | - | - | - | - |
| GBL | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khat | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mephedrone | 0.1 | - | 0.2 | - | - |
| Synthetic cannabinoids | 0.1 | - | - | - | - |
| ANY STIMULANTS | 12.7 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 15.2 | 15.4 |
| ANY OPIATES | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | - | - |
| ANY PSYCHEDELICS | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| ANY DOWNERS / TRANQ. | 4.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 19.8 |
| Base | 1,130 | 226 | 586 | 197 | 108 |
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