Pictorial Analysis of Drug Situation Grenada 2001 - Government of ...

A Pictorial Analysis of the Extent , Patterns and Trends of the Drug Situation in Grenada 2001 to 2010
ADMISSION TO TREATMENT CENTRES
A
n examination of the drug-related
admissions to Carlton house between
2001 and 2009 indicates that the majority
were to males (90%) and 10% females.
Admissions at Carlton house have been on
the decrease, a trend that does not reflect the
increase in drug –related problems seen
earlier in this report and a cause for concern.
Data was not available for 2005-2007.
The average annual admittance for males
was 37.5 while for females it was 2.5. The
most total admissions occurred in 2003 and
the fewest in 2009.
On closer examination of the reasons for
admissions to Carlton House for Males, four
main reasons were found; alcohol,
marijuana, cocaine and poly drugs. Alcohol
and poly drug abuse accounted for 42% and
31% of the admissions. The average
numbers of annual admissions for males are
as follows: Alcohol (15.5), marijuana (5),
cocaine (5.3) and poly drugs (11.7). On
average, 37.5 males were admitted to
Carlton House for drug-related problems.
The annual trends show a general decrease
in the number of admissions to Carlton
house between 2001 and 2009 in all drugs
except marijuana which increased by 14%.
All the other admissions declined as follows:
Alcohol-related by 75%, Cocaine and crackrelated
by 78%, poly drugs by 75% and in
total there was a 64% decline in male
admissions at Carlton House. The decline
can be attributed in part to the destruction of
the facility by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, and
its status being changed to an out-patient
facility instead of residential, when it was
re-opened in 2009.
The following charts present an analysis of
drug-related admissions to treatment centres,
for the period under review.
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