Use of Controlled Drugs in Scotland: Findings from the 1993 Scottish Crime Survey

• NCJ Number: 153094
• Author(s): R Hammersley; S Anderson
• Date Published: 1994
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Scottish Office Central Research & Statistics Unit
• Sale Source: Scottish Office Central Research & Statistics Unit
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom
• Note: Crime and Criminal Justice Research Findings No. 3. US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, International Crime Statistics Program

Annotation

These data represent the first national estimates of the prevalence of experience of drug use throughout Scotland. Statistics are presented in the following sections: (1) Limitations of the data; (2) How many people had ever used drugs? (3) How many people had used drugs in the last year? (4) Which drugs had they taken? (5) The geography of drug use; (6) Being offered drugs; and (7) Comparisons with England and Wales. Figures