Infographic: clients entering treatment for cannabis in Europe

Description

This infographic, developed to accompany the miniguide Cannabis: health and social responses in Europe presents some key statistics on clients entering treatment with cannabis as their primary drug in the EU-27, Norway and Turkey. For more detailed statistics on clients in treatment for cannabis, as well as methodological information, please refer to the Data section of our website.

Source of referral of clients entering treatment
Cannabis treatment entrants by setting

 

Accomodation type of clients entering treatment
Gender distribution of treatment entrants
Education status of clients entering treatment
Labour status of clients entering treatment
 

Source data

Referral Percent number
Criminal justice system 28.2 24407
Health care system 22.6 19544
Other 7.5 6533
Self-referred 41.7 36112
 
Setting % number
Inpatient 6 5825
Other 3 2908
Outpatient 91 88363
 
Type Percent number
Other 3 6105
Stable 32.4 66860
Unstable 5.7 11714
Gender Percentage (%) Number
Females 17 16382
Males 83 80199
Educatioon level % number
Higher level 9.7 7752
Primary level 23.1 18394
Primary not completed 3.3 2616
Secondary level 63.9 50844
Table 6. Labour status of clients entering treatment
Status Percent Number
Occasionally employed 7.8 6370
On social welfare 7.5 6174
Other 5.9 4846
Regularly employed 29.2 23895
Student 22.5 18386
Unemployed 27 22107
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