Annex A
KEY STATISTICS
USERS
All ages
— 4 million use illicit drugs each
year
— 1.8 million use Class A
— 160,000-280,000 Problematic drug
users
— 30 per cent of arrestees test positive
for heroin and/or cocaine/crack.
YOUNG PEOPLE
(AGAINST YP POPULATION
ESTIMATE OF
5.7 MILLION)
| —Cocaine use |
285,000 | (5%)
|
| —Crack use | 50,000
| (<1%) |
| —Heroin | 46,000
| (<1%) |
| —Ecstasy | 285,000
| (5%) |
| —Cannabis | 1,500,000
| (26%) |
— Compared to 1994, 16-24 year olds usage of Class
A drugs stable
— 16-19 year olds usage fallen by 20 per cent
— 16-19 year olds usage of cocaine small increase.
DRUG MISUSE
DEATHS
— Baseline estimate for England and Wales: 1,568
deaths (1999). 450 aged under 25. Ecstasy 27.
TREATMENT
— 118,500 users accessed treatment 2000-01
— 8 per cent annum over last two years
— Some 40,000 Problematic Drug Users (PDU) referred
to treatment through arrest referral scheme; 50 per cent for first
time. 20 per cent take up treatment within three months of referral
— Drug testing pilots: c. 50 per cent testing positive
for heroin and/or cocaine/crack.
COSTS
— Economic costs between £3.6 billion and £6.8
billion
— Economic and social costs between £10 billion
and £18.8 billion
— Annual cost for non-problematic users (ie—young
recreational non-problematic users and older non-problematic regular
users): less than £20
— Annual costs for problem users (users of any age
whose drug use is no longer controlled or undertaken for recreational
purposes and where drugs have become a more essential element
of the individual's life) £11,000.
FUNDING
SR2000
Proactive spend by Aim |
2000-01—millions |
2003-04—millions |
| Treatment | 234 (33%)
| 410 (40%) |
| Young people | 63 (9%)
| 120 (12%) |
| Communities | 45 (6.5%)
| 95 (9.5%) |
| Availability | 353 (50%)
| 380 (38%) |
| Total | 695 (100%)
| 996 (100%) |
| Confiscated Asset Fund: £3 million 1999-2000; £5 million 2000-01 and £7 million 2001-02
|
ACHIEVEMENTS
— Education policies in 93 per cent of secondary
and 75 per cent of primary schools
— Arrest referral schemes in 41 of 43 custody suites
— More than 21,000 arrestees interviewed by arrest
referral worker between October 2000 and March 2001
— Mandatory drug testing in prisons positive results
dropped from 24 per cent in 1996-97 to 12 per cent in 2000-01
— Seizures in first three quarters of 2001-02: 3.3
tonnes of heroin and 9.2 tonnes of cocaine
— 99 per cent of Health authorities in England have
needle exchange schemes.
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