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Ecstasy<br />

• The number of (outpatient) addiction care client with Ecstasy as a primary problem<br />

rose until 1997 (Figure 5.2). This increase was partly due to the expansion of possibilities<br />

for addiction care services to register problem Ecstasy use. After 1997 the number<br />

dropped until 1999, when it levelled off. Between 2005 <strong>and</strong> 2008 the number of<br />

primary Ecstasy clients dropped by over one third (35%). Between 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2008<br />

there was a decline of 20%.<br />

• Per 100,000 inhabitants aged 15 <strong>and</strong> older, LADIS registered only 1.4 primary Ecstasy<br />

clients in 2008 – considerably fewer than for most other drugs (62 for cannabis, 72<br />

for cocaine, 94 for opiates).<br />

• The percentage of Ecstasy problems in the entire treatment dem<strong>and</strong> for drugs has<br />

remained low in recent years: below 1%.<br />

• In 2008 nearly one quarter of primary Ecstasy clients (23%) were newcomers. They<br />

were registered for the first time in 2008, <strong>and</strong> had not been registered previously with<br />

(outpatient) addiction care for a drugs problem.<br />

• The majority of primary Ecstasy clients also had problems with another substance<br />

(76%).<br />

• There are more clients who cite Ecstasy as a secondary problem than as a primary<br />

problem. After a drop between 1997 <strong>and</strong> 1999 the number of these clients rose<br />

again between 2001 <strong>and</strong> 2005, followed by a further decline in the following years.<br />

Between 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2008 the number of secondary Ecstasy clients dropped by 14%. In<br />

2008 the primary problem for these secondary Ecstasy clients was mainly cocaine or<br />

crack (32%), followed by cannabis (22%), amphetamine (22%) or alcohol (18%).<br />

118 <strong>Netherl<strong>and</strong>s</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Drug</strong> <strong>Monitor</strong> - NDM Annual Report 2009

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