You are here:   Home > Publications > Publication Gateway Page

Drug Use in Ireland & Northern
Ireland from the 2002/2003 Drug Prevalence Survey: Cannabis Results

Title: Drug Use in Ireland & Northern Ireland from the 2002/2003 Drug Prevalence Survey: Cannabis Results Author: National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) & Drug and Alcohol Information and Research Unit (DAIRU) Published: October 2005 Pages: 32 File Size: 260KB Format: Portable Document Format (PDF) To view PDF documents you will need to download Adobe Reader from the Adobe website.

Executive Summary

Previously published findings in Drug Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland: First Results (Revised) from the 2002/2003 Drug Prevalence Survey (Bulletin 1) showed that cannabis was the most commonly used illegal drug in both Ireland and Northern Ireland across all time periods, lifetime (ever used), last year (recent use) and last month (current use).

This bulletin contains results relating to cannabis prevalence on a lifetime (ever used), last year (recent use), and last month (current use) in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It also examines age of first use; regular use; type of cannabis used; method by which cannabis is used; how and where cannabis is obtained; reasons for stopping use; attitudes to cannabis and perceptions of risk, together with the most common characteristics of typical cannabis users.

Home | Contact | Site Map | Search | About the NACD | News and Events | Publications | Research Activities| Work Programme | Research Funding | Submissions | Links | FOI