DRUG USE IN ENGLAND AND WALESUsed in the past year, 16-59-year-olds| Drug | Estimated number of users | % of population | | Class A | | | | Cocaine powder | 828,000 | 2.6 | | Crack cocaine* | 58,000 | 0.2 | | Ecstasy | 567,000 | 1.8 | | Heroin* | 41,000 | 0.1 | | LSD | 77,000 | 0.2 | | Magic mushrooms | 201,000 | 0.6 | | Class A/B | | | | Amphetamines | 421,000 | 1.3 | | Class B/C | | | | Tranquilisers | 136,000 | 0.4 | | Class C | | | | Anabolic steroids | 32,000 | 0.1 | | Cannabis | 2,616,000 | 8.2 | | Not classified | | | | Amyl nitrate | 440,000 | 1.4 | | Glues | 61,000 | 0.2 | | Any drug | 3,186,000 | 10.0 | |
*Figures for heroin and crack may be underestimates as the types of groups that use these drugs, eg people living in homeless hostels, tend not to overlap with crime survey respondents
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