Table 16 Reported drug abusers by age group by sex by common type of drugs abused

2018 2019 2020 2020 2021 Age group / sex / first half first half common type of drugs abused No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %* Aged under 21 Male

Heroin 11 3.0 12 3.5 6 1.6 @ @ @ @

Psychotropic substances 355 97.5 335 97.7 362 99.2 200 99.0 347 99.7

Methylamphetamine(Ice) 55 15.1 39 11.4 21 5.8 12 5.9 12 3.4 Cannabis 135 37.1 176 51.3 217 59.5 119 58.9 204 58.6 Cocaine 215 59.1 143 41.7 118 32.3 71 35.1 138 39.7 Triazolam / Midazolam / Zopiclone @ @ - - @ @ @ @ - - Ketamine 25 6.9 30 8.7 50 13.7 19 9.4 37 10.6 Cough Medicine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MDMA(Ecstasy) @ @ @ @ 10 2.7 @ @ @ @ Nimetazepam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Female

Heroin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Psychotropic substances 98 98.0 134 98.5 155 98.7 86 98.9 157 98.7

Methylamphetamine(Ice) 32 32.0 31 22.8 26 16.6 15 17.2 19 11.9 Cannabis 21 21.0 59 43.4 58 36.9 28 32.2 78 49.1 Cocaine 45 45.0 65 47.8 64 40.8 40 46.0 58 36.5 Triazolam / Midazolam / Zopiclone ------Ketamine 10 10.0 18 13.2 31 19.7 14 16.1 29 18.2 Cough Medicine - - @ @ @ @ - - @ @ MDMA(Ecstasy) @ @ 8 5.9 @ @ @ @ 6 3.8 Nimetazepam @ @ @ @ @ @ - - @ @ Table 16 (Cont'd) Reported drug abusers by age group by sex by common type of drugs abused

2018 2019 2020 2020 2021 Age group / sex / first half first half common type of drugs abused No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %* Aged 21 & over Male

Heroin 3 064 61.0 2 480 59.0 2 394 59.6 1 726 65.1 1 147 49.8

Psychotropic substances 2 756 54.9 2 438 58.0 2 228 55.5 1 284 48.4 1 425 61.8

Methylamphetamine(Ice) 1 060 21.1 928 22.1 866 21.6 508 19.1 446 19.4 Cannabis 286 5.7 245 5.8 343 8.5 168 6.3 254 11.0 Cocaine 586 11.7 453 10.8 385 9.6 235 8.9 300 13.0 Triazolam / Midazolam / Zopiclone 771 15.3 715 17.0 570 14.2 328 12.4 313 13.6 Ketamine 314 6.3 235 5.6 276 6.9 143 5.4 176 7.6 Cough Medicine 259 5.2 245 5.8 201 5.0 115 4.3 105 4.6 MDMA(Ecstasy) 22 0.4 17 0.4 22 0.5 7 0.3 7 0.3 Nimetazepam 8 0.2 @ @ 19 0.5 7 0.3 @ @ Female

Heroin 548 46.1 401 40.6 435 44.2 334 52.7 203 37.1

Psychotropic substances 799 67.1 705 71.4 664 67.5 371 58.5 391 71.5

Methylamphetamine(Ice) 425 35.7 345 34.9 310 31.5 167 26.3 156 28.5 Cannabis 44 3.7 42 4.3 55 5.6 31 4.9 42 7.7 Cocaine 144 12.1 130 13.2 100 10.2 57 9.0 75 13.7 Triazolam / Midazolam / Zopiclone 152 12.8 146 14.8 127 12.9 73 11.5 60 11.0 Ketamine 153 12.9 140 14.2 142 14.4 78 12.3 82 15.0 Cough Medicine 18 1.5 21 2.1 15 1.5 9 1.4 @ @ MDMA(Ecstasy) 13 1.1 9 0.9 9 0.9 6 0.9 @ @ Nimetazepam 12 1.0 6 0.6 @ @ @ @ @ @ Table 16 (Cont'd) Reported drug abusers by age group by sex by common type of drugs abused

2018 2019 2020 2020 2021 Age group / sex / first half first half common type of drugs abused No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %* All ages Male

Heroin 3 075 57.1 2 492 54.8 2 400 54.8 1 730 60.6 1 149 43.3

Psychotropic substances 3 111 57.7 2 773 61.0 2 590 59.1 1 484 52.0 1 772 66.8

Methylamphetamine(Ice) 1 115 20.7 967 21.3 887 20.3 520 18.2 458 17.3 Cannabis 421 7.8 421 9.3 560 12.8 287 10.1 458 17.3 Cocaine 801 14.9 596 13.1 503 11.5 306 10.7 438 16.5 Triazolam / Midazolam / Zopiclone 774 14.4 715 15.7 571 13.0 329 11.5 313 11.8 Ketamine 339 6.3 265 5.8 326 7.4 162 5.7 213 8.0 Cough Medicine 263 4.9 247 5.4 204 4.7 116 4.1 106 4.0 MDMA(Ecstasy) 24 0.4 22 0.5 32 0.7 11 0.4 10 0.4 Nimetazepam 11 0.2 6 0.1 21 0.5 9 0.3 @ @ Female

Heroin 551 42.7 403 35.9 437 38.3 335 46.5 206 29.2

Psychotropic substances 897 69.5 839 74.6 819 71.8 457 63.4 548 77.6

Methylamphetamine(Ice) 457 35.4 376 33.5 336 29.4 182 25.2 175 24.8 Cannabis 65 5.0 101 9.0 113 9.9 59 8.2 120 17.0 Cocaine 189 14.7 195 17.3 164 14.4 97 13.5 133 18.8 Triazolam / Midazolam / Zopiclone 152 11.8 146 13.0 127 11.1 73 10.1 60 8.5 Ketamine 163 12.6 158 14.1 173 15.2 92 12.8 111 15.7 Cough Medicine 18 1.4 24 2.1 16 1.4 9 1.2 6 0.8 MDMA(Ecstasy) 17 1.3 17 1.5 14 1.2 8 1.1 8 1.1 Nimetazepam 13 1.0 8 0.7 6 0.5 @ @ @ @

Notes: 1. The analyses presented in this table are only based on the reported information available to the CRDA, hence excluding those individuals with unknown information on the concerned data items other than age and sex. Users should note that the total number of reported drug abusers in different age or sex groups are presented in tables 1, 2 and 11 only. 2. More than one type of drugs may be reported for each individual reported drug abuser. 3. * As a proportion of all reported drug abusers in the respective newly/previously reported and age group. 4. @ Figure less than 6 5. - Nil

Source: Central Registry of Drug Abuse Updated on 16.09.2021