Drug treatment in Americas

AFRICA

AMERICAS

ASIA

EUROPE

OCEANIA

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
Provided **

 

Data Primarily
Reflect

Cannabis

Opioids

Cocaine

ATS

Tranquilizers
and Sedatives

Hallucinogens

Solvents and
Inhalants

Other †

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

 

†† Honduras: Total treatment provided represents the sum of the reported components in the breakdown of drugs by group.

Data primarily reflect (codes)

  1. Whole country
  2. Geographically limited reporting (eg the Capital city)
  3. Publicly funded treatment
  4. NGO/ privately funded treatment
  5. Inpatient/ hospitalization modality
  6. Outpatient modality
  7. Limited subpopulation (eg prison, youth, etc)
  8. Opioid substitution treatment (eg methadone)
  9. First-time treatment entrants (not returning clients)
  10. Treatment admissions (not persons)
  11. Partial coverage (geographical/treatment type)
  12. Prisons excluded
  13. Treatment entrants only