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Table 5.5b Ecstasy use among school-goers aged 15 and 16 in a number of EU member states,
Norway, Switzerland and the US I . Survey years 1999, 2003 and 2007
Country 1999 2003 2007
Ever Ever Recent Ever
US I 16% 13% 9% 11%
Austria - 4% 4% 8%
Germany III - 5% 3% 5%
Denmark II 4% 4% 3% 5%
Belgium IV - 2% 1% 5%
France 2% 3% - 4%
Italy 2% 3% 2% 4%
Spain II - 4% 3% 3%
Switzerland - 3% 2% 3%
Ireland 3% 1% 0% 3%
Greece 1% 0% 0% 3%
U.K. 8% 3% 2% 2%
Portugal 3% 3% 2% 2%
Netherlands 2% 1% 1% 2%
Sweden 1% 1% 1% 2%
Norway 3% 2% 1% 1%
Finland 1% 1% 0% 1%
Percentage of ever users and past year users (recent). - = not measured. I. The US did not take part in the
ESPAD, but conducted comparable research. II The data for Spain and Denmark are less representative. III
Germany only for 7 federal states. IV Belgium in 2007 only for Flanders Source: ESPAD.
5.6 Treatment demand
Outpatient addiction care
The National Alcohol and Drugs Information System (LADIS) registers the number of
people seeking treatment from (outpatient) addiction care services, including the addiction
probation and aftercare services and the addiction clinics that are merged with the
outpatient addiction care services (Ouwehand et al., 2009; IVZ, 2009). (See Appendix
A: LADIS clients.)
In 2008, an organization for addiction care held special clinical consultations in three
locations in the west of the Netherlands for users of ‘party drugs’. Data from clients
who availed of these consultations are only added to the LADIS addiction care data
registration if treatment or follow-up is initiated. In total from August 2008 through
September 2009, 58 intakes averaging one and a half hours were completed.
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