Stats: Drugs

The Research Group on drug use in Toronto records that between 1995 -1997, the cocaine use in Toronto students is 1.9% to 2.7%. (1999)
In 1997 Ontario Student Drug Use Survey reports that 3.2% of all students report using at least one inhalant drug during the year. Research Group on Drug Use, January 29,1999.
Students in grade 7 are more likely to inhale glue or other solvents, compared to students in grades 9, 11, and 13. The percentage is 5.8% vs. 1% -3%. Research Group on Drug Use, January 29, 1999.
In the 1997 Ontario on Drug Use Survey,1.4% of all students reported both uncontrolled use and other problems of cannabis. November 2, 1998.
Cannabis use among adolescents students in Canada per year - Alberta 16%, British Columbia 48%, Vancouver 48%, Halifax 34%, Montreal 24%, Toronto 18%. November 2, 1998.
In an Ontario province wide survey of 3,870 students in grades 7, 9, 11 and 13 found that almost 1/3 reported exposure to drug selling. July 15, 1996.
The Northwest Territories Bureau of Statistics did an Alcohol and Drug Survey in 1996. In Nunavut, use of marijuana or hash was 28.7% for teens 15 and older, nearly 4 times the national rate. For the western NWT, the rate was double the national figure at 15.3% .
In the same Bureau of Statistics, persons 15 years and over who have used LSD, Speed, Cocaine or Heroin in the past 12 months - NWT 7.1%, Nunavut 10.7%, Western NWT 4.2%, Canada 5.8%.

As occurred in previous surveys, alcohol, tobacco and cannabis were the most frequently used drugs reported in New Brunswick.
In 1998, 55.5% of students reported the use of alcohol during the year prior to the survey. The reported percentage of alcohol use in 1996 was 52.1%.
The frequency of tobacco use decreased slightly from 32.9% in 1996 to 32.4% in 1998.
Overall, 30.8% of students reported the use of cannabis in 1998. The reported use was 29.0% in 1996. LSD use decreased from 15.2% in 1996 to 11.2% in 1998.
Non-medical use of stimulants decreased from 9.3% in 1996 to 8.6% in 199; however, medical use of stimulants increased from 3.7% in 1996 to 4.9% in 1998.
Psilocybin/Mescaline use increased from 8.4% in 1996 to 9.3% in 1998.
The same proportion of students (5.3%) reported medical use of tranquillizers in 1996 and 1998.
Cocaine use was reported by 4.2% of students in 1998, a percentage slightly lower than that reported in 1996 (4.8%).
Steroid use decreased from 2.8% in 1996 to 2.3% in 1998.
PCP use was reported by 3.3% of students in 1998, similarly, its use was reported by 3.8% of students in 1996.
Heroin use decreased from 2.4% in 1996 to 1.8% in 1998.
Medical use of barbiturates decreased from 2.5% in 1996 to 1.3% in 1998. Non-medical use of barbiturates decreased from 1.3% in 1996 to 1.0% in 1998.
The percentage of students who reported no drug use at all remained stable at about 36 % from 1996 to 1998.

The Youth Court Statistics of 1997/1998 recorded that drug crime cases have doubled from 2,331 cases in 1992/1993 to 4,549 cases in 1997/1998, although the rate of drug crime continued to be a low 19 cases per 10,000 youth in 1997/1998. (Thursday, March 25, 1999.)
The same statistics also records that police statistics suggest that 6 in 10 youth facing drug crimes in 1997 were charged with possession of cannabis.