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Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS): national overview 2018
Overview of findings on alcohol, drug use and smoking from the 2018 wave of the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS).
Type of Drugs Used
Cannabis is the most widely used drug among 15 year old pupils: 19% of 15 year old pupils had ever used cannabis and 11% had used it in the past month.
Use of new psychoactive substances (NPS) is low, in line with figures for ecstasy or cocaine.
15 year old boys were more likely than girls to say they had used each of the individual drugs below in the last month (with the exception of new psychoactive substances where use was similar).
Figure 9: Use of individual drugs ever and in the last month among 15 year olds (2018)
Contact
Email: salsus@gov.scot
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