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AMERICAS |
PRIMARY DRUG AMONG PERSONS TREATED FOR DRUG PROBLEMS IN THE AMERICAS
2016 (or latest year available)
|
Country / Territory |
Source |
Treatment Year *** |
Distribution of main drugs in percentages*
|
Treatment |
Data Primarily |
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Cannabis |
Opioids |
Cocaine |
ATS |
Tranquilizers |
Hallucinogens |
Solvents and |
Other † |
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|
Argentina |
ARQ/ Govt. |
2010 |
15.6% |
1.6% |
70.2% |
0.8% |
6.8% |
0.5% |
4.4% |
0.0% |
14,504 |
|
|
Bahamas |
ARQ |
2006-07 |
72.0% |
0.5% |
27.5% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
629 |
a,b |
|
Barbados |
ARQ |
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
111 |
|
|
Brazil |
ARQ |
2015 |
14.2% |
5.2% |
64.9% |
1.5% |
4.9% |
1.3% |
8.0% |
0.0% |
70,419 |
j,b |
|
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
ARQ |
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,396 |
|
|
Canada |
CCSA |
2014-15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
150,222 |
c, e, f |
|
Chile |
ARQ |
2016 |
6.9% |
0.6% |
90.6% |
0.1% |
1.5% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
11,830 |
c, d, e, f |
|
Colombia |
ARQ |
2016 |
42.8% |
4.2% |
36.6% |
0.9% |
6.4% |
1.8% |
7.4% |
0.0% |
5,141 |
k |
|
Costa Rica |
ARQ |
2016 |
59.4% |
0.4% |
38.1% |
0.0% |
0.7% |
0.5% |
0.2% |
|
7,561 |
k, c, d |
|
Dominican Republic |
ARQ |
2016 |
38.1% |
3.3% |
30.6% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
|
|
|
1,341 |
b, e, f |
|
Ecuador |
ARQ |
2015 |
5.5% |
38.3% |
15.6% |
0.3% |
0.6% |
1.3% |
0.6% |
|
19,282 |
|
|
El Salvador |
ARQ |
2016 |
49.3% |
5.1% |
21.0% |
3.5% |
12.2% |
6.6% |
2.2% |
0.0% |
1,297 |
k |
|
Grenada |
ARQ |
2010 |
92.5% |
0.0% |
7.5% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
53 |
|
|
Guatemala |
ARQ |
2016 |
67.8% |
0.1% |
2.3% |
|
|
0.2% |
6.9% |
|
948 |
b, c |
|
Haiti |
CICAD |
2009 |
65.2% |
0.0% |
17.4% |
0.0% |
4.3% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
13.0% |
23 |
|
|
Honduras †† |
ARQ |
2016 |
81.5% |
0.0% |
16.9% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
1.5% |
0.0% |
130 |
k |
|
Jamaica |
ARQ |
2012 |
60.6% |
|
39.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
94 |
a,d |
|
Mexico |
ARQ/Govt. |
2015-2016 |
47.8% |
3.3% |
12.2% |
25.1% |
1.4% |
0.2% |
10.0% |
0.0% |
76,731 |
a |
|
Nicaragua |
ARQ |
2014 |
67.7% |
|
16.1% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
16.1% |
0.0% |
593 |
|
|
Panama |
ARQ |
2016 |
76.9% |
0.0% |
15.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
7.7% |
0.0% |
13 |
k |
|
Paraguay |
ARQ |
2016 |
7.0% |
0.3% |
89.0% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
|
|
|
328 |
k |
|
Peru |
ARQ |
2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,254 |
k |
|
Puerto Rico |
Govt. (TEDS) |
2015 |
17.0% |
52.3% |
5.2% |
0.2% |
0.6% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
24.8% |
1,638 |
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
ARQ |
2009 |
86.1% |
0.0% |
13.9% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
44 |
f |
|
Saint Lucia |
CICAD |
2009 |
37.1% |
0.0% |
1.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
61.4% |
70 |
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
ARQ/ Govt. |
2004/2005*** |
75.3% |
0.0% |
24.7% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
196 |
d |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
ARQ |
2016 |
23.3% |
11.1% |
32.9% |
0.2% |
|
|
|
|
450 |
|
|
Uruguay |
ARQ |
2016 |
11.7% |
0.0% |
88.1% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
1,073 |
k |
|
United States of America |
ARQ |
2016 |
21.4% |
42.1% |
14.1% |
0.0% |
11.2% |
6.2% |
5.0% |
0.0% |
1,756,000 |
a |
|
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
ARQ |
2016 |
54.6% |
6.8% |
33.8% |
1.0% |
1.4% |
2.5% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
3,031 |
c, d |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,153,402 |
|
|
Average |
|
|
46.1% |
7.3% |
31.7% |
1.4% |
2.2% |
0.9% |
3.0% |
5.0% |
|
|
|
Average NA (including Mexico) |
|
|
34.6% |
22.7% |
13.2% |
12.6% |
6.3% |
3.2% |
7.5% |
- |
1,982,953 |
|
|
Average LA and the Caribbean |
|
|
47.0% |
5.9% |
33.3% |
0.4% |
1.8% |
0.7% |
2.6% |
5.5% |
170,449 |
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†† Honduras: Total treatment provided represents the sum of the reported components in the breakdown of drugs by group.
Data primarily reflect (codes)
- Whole country
- Geographically limited reporting (eg the Capital city)
- Publicly funded treatment
- NGO/ privately funded treatment
- Inpatient/ hospitalization modality
- Outpatient modality
- Limited subpopulation (eg prison, youth, etc)
- Opioid substitution treatment (eg methadone)
- First-time treatment entrants (not returning clients)
- Treatment admissions (not persons)
- Partial coverage (geographical/treatment type)
- Prisons excluded
- Treatment entrants only