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Table 2.8 Cannabis use among school-goers aged 15 <strong>and</strong> 16 in a number of EU member states,<br />
Norway, Switzerl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> the US. Survey years 1999, 2003 <strong>and</strong> 2007<br />
Country Ever Use Current Use Six or more times in the<br />
past month<br />
1999 2003 2007 1999 2003 2007 1999 2003 2007<br />
Spain II - 36% 36% - 22% 20% - - 8%<br />
Switzerl<strong>and</strong> - 40% 33% - 20% 15% - 10% 6%<br />
France 35% 38% 31% 22% 22% 15% 9% 9% 6%<br />
<strong>Netherl<strong>and</strong>s</strong> 28% 28% 28% 14% 13% 15% 5% 6% 6%<br />
United States I 41% 36% 31% 19% 17% 14% 9% 8% 6%<br />
Italy 25% 27% 23% 14% 15% 13% 4% 6% 6%<br />
Belgium III - 32% 24% - 17% 12% - 7% 4%<br />
United Kingdom 35% 38% 29% 16% 20% 11% 6% 8% 4%<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong> 32% 39% 20% 15% 17% 9% 5% 6% 4%<br />
Denmark II 24% 23% 25% 8% 8% 10% 1% 2% 2%<br />
Germany IV - 27% 20% - 12% 7% - 4% 2%<br />
Austria - 21% 17% - 10% 6% - 3% 2%<br />
Portugal 8% 15% 13% 5% 8% 6% 2% 3% 2%<br />
Greece 9% 6% 6% 4% 2% 3% 2% 1% 1%<br />
Norway 12% 9% 6% 4% 3% 2% 1% 1% 1%<br />
Finl<strong>and</strong> 10% 11% 8% 2% 3% 2% 1% 0% 0%<br />
Sweden 8% 7% 7% 2% 1% 2% 0% 0% 0%<br />
Percentage of ever use, current use (past month) <strong>and</strong> six times or more in the past month. I. The US did<br />
not participate in ESPAD but conducted comparable research. II. The data for Denmark <strong>and</strong> Spain are less<br />
representative. III. Belgium in 2007: data only for Fl<strong>and</strong>ers. IV. Germany: data for six of the sixteen federal<br />
states. - = not measured. Source: ESPAD.<br />
2.6 Treatment dem<strong>and</strong><br />
Addiction Care<br />
The <strong>National</strong> Alcohol <strong>and</strong> <strong>Drug</strong>s Information System (LADIS) registers the number of<br />
people who seek treatment from outpatient addiction care, including rehabilitation<br />
programmes <strong>and</strong> the addiction clinics that are merged with the outpatient addiction<br />
care services (Ouweh<strong>and</strong> et al., 2009; IVZ, 2009). (See in appendix A: LADIS client)<br />
• The number of clients registered on account of a primary cannabis problem more than<br />
quadrupled between 1994 <strong>and</strong> 2008 (Figure 2.4). From 2006 to 2007 there was an<br />
increase of 23% <strong>and</strong> between 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2008, there was a further rise of 5%.<br />
• Per 100,000 inhabitants aged 15 <strong>and</strong> over, the number of primary clients rose from<br />
16 in 1994 to 62 in 2008.<br />
48 <strong>Netherl<strong>and</strong>s</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Drug</strong> <strong>Monitor</strong> - NDM Annual Report 2009