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Annex C: Trends 1993-2004

Table C-1: Trends in use of specific drugs, 1993-2004

1993

1996

2000

2003

2004

Change 1993-2004

Ever

Any drug

18.5

22.5

19.2

25.3

23.7

+5.2 **

Cannabis

14.5

19.0

17.4

22.8

21.9

+7.4 **

Amphetamines

5.2

7.3

6.3

9.6

8.4

+3.2 **

LSD

4.0

5.5

4.1

4.6

4.3

+0.3

Magic Mushrooms

3.7

5.1

3.6

4.6

3.6

-0.1

Ecstasy

2.0

4.0

3.7

6.0

5.4

+3.4 **

Temazepam

1.7

3.7

1.8

2.1

2.0

+0.3

Valium

2.7

4.2

2.3

3.4

2.7

-

Glues

1.6

2.1

1.4

1.2

1.2

-0.4

Cocaine

1.5

2.6

2.5

4.8

4.6

+3.1 **

Crack

0.4

0.7

1.0

1.2

1.2

+.8 **

Heroin

0.4

0.8

1.2

0.9

1.1

+0.7 **

Methadone

0.2

0.9

1.0

0.7

0.6

+0.4 *

Poppers

Not asked

Not asked

2.7

4.4

4.3

N/a

Anabolic Steroids

Not asked

Not asked

0.7

0.4

0.3

N/a

Last year

Any drug

6.8

9.0

6.6

9.2

7.7

+0.9

Cannabis

6.1

8.2

5.5

8.0

6.3

+0.2

Amphetamines

2.2

3.1

0.5

1.4

1.0

-1.2 **

LSD

1.6

1.3

0.7

0.1

0.2

-1.4 **

Magic Mushrooms

1.0

1.3

0.1

0.2

0.2

-0.8 **

Ecstasy

1.1

2.1

1.0

1.7

1.2

+0.1

Temazepam

0.9

1.1

0.4

0.2

0.4

-0.5 *

Valium

0.3

0.9

0.6

0.6

0.6

+0.3

Glues

0.1

0.2

-

0.1

0.1

-

Cocaine

0.4

1.0

0.7

1.4

1.5

+1.1 **

Crack

-

0.2

-

0.2

0.2

+0.2 *

Heroin

-

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.3

+0.3 **

Methadone

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.2

+0.1

Poppers

Not asked

Not asked

0.3

0.8

0.5

N/a

Anabolic Steroids

Not asked

Not asked

0.1

0.1

0.1

N/a

Source: 2004 Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey, unweighted n=2955
2003 Scottish Crime Survey, unweighted n=3135
2000 Scottish Crime Survey, unweighted n=2886
1996 Scottish Crime Survey, unweighted n=2997
1993 Scottish Crime Survey, unweighted n=3196

*significant at the 95 per cent confidence interval;
** significant at the 99 per cent confidence interval

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