Drug use in England and Wales

DRUG USE IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Used 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
Source: British Crime Survey 2006/7

*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