Footnotes

1 Currie C, Todd J and Smith R (1999) Health Behaviours of Scottish Schoolchildren. RUHBC, Edinburgh

1 MVA (1998) Main Findings from the 1996 Scottish Crime Survey, The Scottish Office, Edinburgh

2 Including glue/solvents and excluding drugs taken by prescription.

3 Anderson S and Frischer M (1997) Drug Misuse in Scotland : Findings from the 1993 and 1996 Scottish Crime Surveys. The Scottish Office, Edinburgh

1 Weighting was applied to correct possible sampling and response biases and to correct imbalances created by the survey method.

1 Drugs are defined as mood changing substances including medicine, alcohol, nicotine, solvents and controlled drugs such as cannabis, cocaine and heroin.

P Provisional.

1 Drugs are defined as mood changing substances including medicine, alcohol, nicotine, solvents and controlled drugs such as cannabis, cocaine and heroin.

P Provisional.

1 There are nine drugs of misuse which are tested for. These are : cannabis, benzodiazepines, opiates, methadone, LSD, amphetamines, barbiturates, cocaine and temgesic.

2 The underlying rate excludes those who may have misused the drug(s) for which they were tested positive before entry to prison.

1 Services contributing to the Database include medical services (general practice, hospitals etc.), statutory and non-statutory specialist drug services and social work services. The definition of ‘new’ is (a) the person is attending the particular agency for the first time ever, or (b) the person has attended before, but not within the previous six months.

2 Information on penal establishment inmates, i.e. data from prisons and data from agencies reporting individuals seen in prison, have been excluded, due to incomplete data.

1 Figures include 29 males who also had sexual intercourse with other males.

1 In previous years heroin and morphine were shown separately. However, it is believed that for the overwhelming majority of cases where morphine has been identified in post-mortem toxicological tests its presence is as a result of heroin use. For analysis purposes, therefore, the totals for heroin and morphine are combined.

1 Seizures from joint operations involving HM Customs and Excise and the police are generally recorded against HM Customs and Excise

1 Based on the General Register Office for Scotland (GRO) Mid-Year Population Estimates

1 Based on the General Register Office for Scotland (GRO) Mid-Year Population Estimates

1 If a person was convicted of drugs offences on more than one occasion during a single year, each occasion would be recorded separately

2 Where main offence

1 There are nine drugs of misuse which are tested for. These are : cannabis, benzodiazepines, opiates, methadone, LSD, amphetamines, barbiturates, cocaine and temgesic.

2 The underlying rate excludes those who may have misused the drug(s) for which they were tested positive before entry to prison.