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Drug Use in Ireland & Northern Ireland - Health Board (Ireland) & Health and Social Services Board (NI) Results

Title: Drug Use in Ireland & Northern Ireland - 2002/2003 Drug Prevalence Survey: Health Board (Ireland) & Health and Social Services Board (NI) Results (Revised) Author: National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) & Drug and Alcohol Information and Research Unit (DAIRU) Published: First Published April 2004 Revised June 2005 We previously published drug prevalence figures for Ireland and Northern Ireland in Bulletin 2 (ISBN 0-7557-1915-8). However, a number of anomalies were discovered in the original survey data which required us to re-calculate the prevalence figures. Bulletins 2 has therefore being re-issued with minor revisions. Pages: 28 File Size: 262KB Format: Portable Document Format (PDF) To view PDF documents you will need to download Adobe Reader from the Adobe website.

Executive Summary

This bulletin presents key findings at a local level from the first drug prevalence survey of households to be carried out in both Ireland and Northern Ireland. The survey sampled a representative number of people aged between 15 and 64 during late 2002 and early 2003. The survey was undertaken by MORI MRC according to standards set by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). This bulletin contains revised results (June 2005) relating to drug prevalence on a lifetime (ever-used), last year (recent use), and last month (current use) basis for illegal and other drugs including alcohol and tobacco for each Health Board (HB) in Ireland and Health and Social Services Board (HSSB) in Northern Ireland.

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