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Infographic: clients entering treatment for cannabis in Europe
Publication date
04.07.2022
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
