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Drug Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland: 2006/2007 Drug Prevalence Survey: Cocaine Results: Bulletin 4  

Title: Drug Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland: 2006/2007 Drug Prevalence Survey: Cocaine Results: Bulletin 4   Author: National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) & Public Health Information and Research Branch (PHIRB) Published: October 2008 Pages: 36 File Size: 681 KB (PDF) Format: Portable Document Format (PDF) To view PDF documents you will need to download Adobe Reader from the Adobe website.

Executive Summary

This bulletin provides a comprehensive overview of many different aspects of cocaine use in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It presents data gathered in the All-Ireland Drug Prevalence Survey 2006/2007 relating to both cocaine powder and crack cocaine use on a lifetime (ever used), last year (recent use), and last month (current use) basis. The bulletin also examines age of first use, regular use, and method of taking cocaine, ease of obtaining cocaine, reasons for stopping use, perceptions of risk and the profile of cocaine users. The survey was carried out by Ipsos MORI in Ireland and by the Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency in Northern Ireland according to standards set by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).