Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 07:25 AM
Consumption of cannabis and other illegal drugs dropped in Germany for the first time in years, the German government commissioner for drug-related affairs, Sabine Baetzing announced here Tuesday.
Drug consumption down in Germany: official Hermany-Health-Drugs
Consumption of cannabis and other illegal drugs dropped in Germany for the first time in years, the German government commissioner for drug-related affairs, Sabine Baetzing announced here Tuesday.
Addressing the media at a news conference at the health ministry, Baetzing said there was an 'overall downward trend' in the consumption of drugs.
She cited 'better preventive' programs in the area of tobacco and cannabis consumption as part of the reason for the declining figures.
According to a government report on the drug situation in Germany, the number of people, aged between 18 and 39, who use illegal drugs, slipped from 12.2 percent in 2003 to 9.6 percent last year.
The number of drug-related death cases stood at 1,296 people which is the lowest level since 1989.
The survey pointed out that around one-fourth of Germans has had some kind of experience with illegal drugs in their life-time.
The portion of adults who consumed drugs over the past 12 months fell to five percent, while only 30 percent used narcotics over the last 30 days.
Meanwhile, around 179,000 drug-related offences were recorded last year, indicating an eight percent decrease from 2005.
In terms of market price for illegal drugs, only slight changes were reported between 2005 and 2006.
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