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6.2 Usage: general population<br />
The results of an Internet survey conducted in January 2009 among over 1,700 people<br />
aged 12 <strong>and</strong> older suggest that GHB use is rare in the general population.<br />
• Only one respondent (0.2%) indicated having used GHB in the past 14 days (Meerkerk<br />
et al., 2009).<br />
6.3 Usage: juveniles <strong>and</strong> young adults<br />
School-goers<br />
Compared to other drugs, few school-goers attending mainstream secondary schools<br />
have experience of using GHB.<br />
• According to the Dutch <strong>National</strong> School Survey on Substance Use in 2007, 0.6% of<br />
school-goers aged 12-18 have ever tried GHB (Monshouwer et al., 2008). This drug<br />
was not surveyed in the 2003 survey.<br />
Pupils in special education<br />
Table 6.1 shows that pupils attending special schools have considerably more experience<br />
of GHB use than their peers in mainstream schools (Kepper et al., 2009). Ever use of<br />
GHB among pupils of REC-4 schools, practical education (pro), <strong>and</strong> learning support<br />
education (lwoo), is higher than among pupils receiving mainstream education.<br />
Table 6.1 Ever use of GHB among pupils in special <strong>and</strong> mainstream education, by age group<br />
12-13 years 14-15 years 16 years<br />
Special education<br />
REC-4 I 4.7% 3.5% 7.1%<br />
Pro II 5.7% 5.2% 3.9%<br />
Lwoo III 5.0% 3.1% 4.0%<br />
Mainstream education 0.3% 0.8% 0.8%<br />
Percentage of ever users. Survey year for special education was 2008. Survey year for mainstream education<br />
was 2007. I. REC = Regional Expertise Centre. II. Pro =practical education. III. Lwoo = learning support<br />
education. Sources: Trimbos Institute; Trimbos Institute/University of Utrecht.<br />
Special Groups<br />
GHB use among socialising juveniles <strong>and</strong> young adults is considerably more common<br />
than among pupils in mainstream education, although age differences <strong>and</strong> differences<br />
in research methods mean that exact comparisons are not possible.<br />
• The few available data from research conducted between 2005 <strong>and</strong> 2009 show that<br />
between 2% <strong>and</strong> 16% of socialisers have ever tried GHB <strong>and</strong> between one <strong>and</strong> four<br />
percent have used it in the past month (Table 6.2) (Nabben et al., 2007a; Trimbos<br />
Institute/University of Amsterdam, 2010).<br />
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