Monitoring of the press publications about drugs and drug addiction

Prevalence of psychoactive substance use
Prevalence of medication use
Prevalence of drug use
Drug Prevention
Treatment Supply
Treatment Demand
Health consequences
Harm reduction
Drug-related crimes
Drug market
Drug use and prison
Monitoring of publications
Attitudes to legal framework changes

Frequencies of Bulgarian print media publications in the field of drugs and drug addiction in 2022

NewspapersNumber of publications%
“Telegraph”38728.7
“Trud”24518.2
“Bulgaria dnes”24017.8
“24 chasa”14710.9
“Weekend”977.2
“Galeria”523.9
“Duma”423.1
“168 chasa”322.4
“Monitor”312.3
“Zemia”221.6
“Filter”211.6
“Doctor”110.8
“Sega”50.4
“Zlaten standart”40.3
“Capital”40.3
“Lechitel”40.3
“Zdrave za vsichki”30.2
“Vsichko za semeistvoto”20.1
Total1349100.0

Type of publications in the field of drugs and drug addiction in 2022

Type of publicationsNumber of publications%
Brief information58943.7
Article58943.7
News1319.7
Interview312.3
No data90.7
Total1349100.0

Frequencies of Bulgarian print media publications by topics in the field of drugs and drug addiction in 2022

TopicsNumber of publications%
Law enforcement and administration of justice79358.8
Drug-related deaths and mortality1037.6
Non-fatal drug emergencies594.4
Presenting drug reports463.4
Drug prevention443.3
Epidemiological surveys171.3
Treatment availability for drug users151.1
New psychoactive substances141.0
Drug-related infectious diseases30.2
Other25518.9
Total1349100.0

Frequencies of Bulgarian print media publications in the field of drugs and drug addiction in 2022 (by months)

NewspapersJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberTotal
“Telegraph”293233261536613124492625387
“Trud”181218111027441711361922245
“Bulgaria dnes”172315171424282617191921240
“24 chasa”75345639141920916147
“Weekend”67773121414765997
“Galeria”33847643143652
“Duma”3112211031105342
“168 chasa”20203836233032
“Monitor”1211800000000031
“Zemia”12010151132522
“Filter”01923011031021
“Doctor”31100004010111
“Sega”0001101001015
“Zlaten standart”0001003000004
“Capital”0100102000004
“Lechitel”1010001001004
“Zdrave za vsichki”1000101000003
“Vsichko za semeistvoto”0010000100002
Total10399107766512121712183156921091349

Source: National Library St. St. Cyril and Methodius, NFP, NCPHA