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• The ratio of cocaine clients to all clients with a drug problem also grew, viz., from<br />

13% in 1994 to 29% in 2008.<br />

• In 2008 about one in six (16%) primary cocaine clients were newcomers. These clients<br />

were registered in 2008 <strong>and</strong> had not been registered before with the (outpatient)<br />

addiction care services for a drug problem.<br />

• For half of primary cocaine clients (50%), smoking (crack) is the main method of use,<br />

<strong>and</strong> for almost the other half (47%) it is snorting. Only one percent inject cocaine.<br />

• The drop between 2004 <strong>and</strong> 2006 in the number of primary cocaine clients can<br />

be attributed to a reduction in the number of crack users. During this period, the<br />

percentage of crack users among primary cocaine clients declined from 61 to 54<br />

percent. In 2007 this trend continued with a further decline to 50%, which stabilised<br />

in 2008. The percentage of those snorting the drug rose from 41% in 2006 to 47%<br />

in 2008.<br />

• Most primary cocaine clients (77%) also had problems with another substance,<br />

mainly alcohol (28%), cannabis (21%), heroin (12%) <strong>and</strong> stimulants (2%). For about<br />

a quarter (23%), cocaine was the only problem.<br />

• Cocaine was also often cited as a secondary problem (Figure 3.2). In this group, the<br />

primary problem was heroin (43%), alcohol (37%), or cannabis (12%). Between<br />

2006 <strong>and</strong> 2007, there was a four percent rise in the number of clients with secondary<br />

cocaine problems, but this was followed by a 7% decline between 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2008..<br />

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

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