The Netherlands Drug Situation 2010 - Trimbos-instituut

Table 2.3.1Prevalence (%) of substance use among visitors of parties and clubs in2008/2009Large-scale partiesClubs and discothequesLifetime Last year Last month Lifetime Last year Last monthAlcohol 98.5 96.5 90.5 98.1 96.4 92.0Tobacco 74.0 59.1 50.9 70.9 57.1 50.5Cannabis 69.9 45.6 30.3 62.0 39.0 23.7Ecstasy 41.6 30.8 23.5 22.9 15.6 8.5Cocaine 27.1 18.7 11.8 16.0 10.0 4.8Amphetamine 22.6 11.0 7.3 12.6 6.3 3.4GHB 14.3 7.8 4.6 6.4 3.4 1.7Ketamine 8.5 3.8 1.2 4.1 2.1 0.6Hall. mushrooms 24.7 7.9 1.1 16.2 5.9 0.8LSD 6.4 1.3 0.8 3.9 1.3 0.4Basecoke 2.7 0.6 0.2 1.2 0.4 0.1Heroin 1.4 0.1 0.1 1.1 0.3 0.1Source: Trimbos Institute/University of Amsterdam (Van der Poel et al., 2010)In general, both alcohol and tobacco use did not differ much between settings, but (recreational)drug use appreciably higher among party-goers compared to club visitors. Thetypical street drugs heroin and crack cocaine were hardly use in both settings. Moreover,drug use among club visitors was generally higher in the western region of the country,followed by the Central and South regions. For amphetamine, differences between regionswere smaller compared to those for cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis.39