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AMERICAS |
PRIMARY DRUG AMONG PERSONS TREATED FOR DRUG PROBLEMS IN THE AMERICAS
2017 (or latest year available)
|
Country/Territory |
Source |
Treatment |
Distribution of main drugs in percentages* |
Treatment |
Data |
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Cannabis |
Opioids |
Cocaine |
ATS |
Tranquillizers |
Hallucinogens |
Solvents and |
Other † |
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|
Argentina |
ARQ/ Gov. |
2010 |
15.6% |
1.6% |
70.2% |
0.8% |
6.8% |
0.5% |
4.4% |
0.0% |
14,504 |
|
|
Bahamas |
ARQ |
2016 |
75.5% |
0.0% |
24.5% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
136 |
k, c, d |
|
Barbados |
ARQ |
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
111 |
|
|
Brazil |
ARQ |
2017 |
5.3% |
1.3% |
15.5% |
0.4% |
1.6% |
0.4% |
1.6% |
73.8% |
81,812 |
c,k |
|
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
ARQ |
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,396 |
|
|
Canada |
CCSA |
2014-15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
150,222 |
c, e, f |
|
Chile |
ARQ |
2017 |
20.2% |
0.4% |
72.4% |
0.3% |
6.2% |
0.0% |
0.4% |
0.1% |
20,807 |
a |
|
Colombia |
ARQ |
2017 |
42.1% |
4.5% |
35.6% |
0.9% |
8.3% |
0.6% |
7.7% |
0.5% |
4,275 |
b,c |
|
Costa Rica |
ARQ |
2017 |
53.7% |
0.5% |
43.6% |
0.8% |
0.9% |
0.3% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
10,499 |
a,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 |
2017 |
56.8% |
3.7% |
18.1% |
2.8% |
9.3% |
5.6% |
3.6% |
0.0% |
1,160 |
a |
|
Grenada |
ARQ |
2010 |
92.5% |
0.0% |
7.5% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
53 |
|
|
Guatemala |
ARQ |
2017 |
57.4% |
0.0% |
7.3% |
2.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
5.8% |
27.4% |
343 |
|
|
Haiti |
CICAD |
2009 |
65.2% |
0.0% |
17.4% |
0.0% |
4.3% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
13.0% |
23 |
|
|
Honduras |
ARQ |
2017 |
2.5% |
0.1% |
2.3% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.8% |
94.1% |
7,823 |
k |
|
Jamaica |
ARQ |
2012 |
60.6% |
0.0% |
39.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
94 |
a,d |
|
Mexico |
ARQ |
2016/17*** |
42.6% |
3.3% |
13.7% |
30.3% |
1.2% |
0.2% |
8.6% |
0.0% |
77,681 |
a |
|
Nicaragua |
ARQ |
2014 |
67.7% |
0.0% |
16.1% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
16.1% |
0.0% |
593 |
|
|
Panama |
ARQ |
2017 |
28.2% |
1.8% |
57.3% |
10.0% |
0.9% |
0.9% |
0.9% |
0.0% |
115 |
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) |
2017 |
32.1% |
53.9% |
5.5% |
0.3% |
0.5% |
0.0% |
1.2% |
6.4% |
1,136 |
|
|
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/ Gov. |
2004/2005*** |
75.3% |
0.0% |
24.7% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
196 |
d |
|
Suriname |
ARQ |
2016 |
64.0% |
0.0% |
36.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
129 |
k,f |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
ARQ |
2016 |
23.3% |
11.1% |
32.9% |
0.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
450 |
|
|
Uruguay |
ARQ |
2017 |
17.8% |
0.1% |
81.4% |
0.0% |
0.3% |
0.1% |
0.3% |
0.0% |
1,786 |
k |
|
United States of America |
Govt. (TEDS) |
2016 |
19.7% |
49.0% |
7.0% |
17.8% |
1.7% |
0.6% |
0.1% |
4.2% |
1,298,408 |
|
|
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
ARQ |
2017 |
41.6% |
52.9% |
4.3% |
1.1% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
4,293 |
k,c,d |
Notes
* Definitions of treatment interventions, recording practices (including counting rules) and methods for determining the primary drug of abuse differ from country to country; percentages may fail to add up to 100 percent owing to incomplete reporting, gaps in identifying primary drug of abuse and treatment for multiple drugs.
** Figures may reflect the number of persons or treatment episodes depending on the Member State; figures exclude alcohol and nicotine. In cases where the total of the reported values by drug type exceeded the reported value for all treatment, the percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total.
*** If multiple years are given, the second year specified is for the number of people treated (second to the last column).
† In addition to miscellaneous and unspecified drugs, the category "Other" includes substances not under international control.
Sources
UNODC Annual Report Questionnaire (ARQ)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Treatment Episode Dataset TEDS, USA (TEDS)
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Drug and Alcohol Treatment Information System (DATIS), Canada
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
Government (Gov.)