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Drug misuse: findings from the 2014 to 2015 CSEW second edition

Examines the extent and trends in illicit drug use among a sample of 16 to 59 year old residents in households in England and Wales.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 23 July 2015
• Last updated: 23 September 2015 — See all updates

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Drug misuse: findings from the 2014 to 2015 Crime Survey for England and Wales second edition

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Statistical news release: drug misuse - findings from the 2014 to 2015 Crime Survey for England and Wales

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Tables for ‘Drug misuse: findings from the 2014 to 2015 CSEW’.

This release examines the extent and trends in illicit drug use among a nationally representative sample of 16 to 59 year olds resident in households in England and Wales and is based on results from the 2014 to 2015 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).

This release is produced to the highest professional standards by statisticians in accordance with the Home Office’s Statement of Compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

Detailed information about the figures included in this release is available in the User Guide to Drug Misuse Statistics and in the User Guide to Crime Statistics for England and Wales (published by the Office for National Statistics).

Future editions of this annual release will be published on dates announced via the UK National Statistics Publication Hub.

While responsibility for the Crime Survey in England and Wales transferred to the Office for National Statistics on 1 April 2012, the Home Office has retained responsibility for analysis and publication of Drug Misuse figures.

For further information about illicit drug use measures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, please email: [email protected] or write to:

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Published 23 July 2015
Last updated 23 September 2015 + show all updates

1. 23 September 2015

   Section 1.5 of the bulletin has been updated after a production issue during the statistical significance testing phase was identified and resolved.

2. 30 July 2015

   'Table 8: Progression of age cohorts through CSEW years' in the Technical Annex (main bulletin, p.40) has been updated to include the latest CSEW year which had originally been omitted.

3. 23 July 2015

   First published.