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Proportion (in %) of the prisoners seeking treatment in relation to primary drug use, registered in TDI system in Bulgaria (2011 – 2023)
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
Number of TDI clients | 512 | 404 | 374 | 405 | 260 | 422 | 421 | 345 | 461 | 253 | 503 | 405 | 501 |
Heroin | 57.0 | 41.8 | 59.6 | 58.5 | 43.8 | 55.2 | 40.1 | 37.7 | 47.3 | 23.7 | 20.5 | 20.2 | 18.8 |
Methadone (not for treatment) | 6.4 | 6.2 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 13.3 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 8.4 | 5.6 |
Cocaine (incl. crack) | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | – | 1.5 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 8.1 | 6.6 |
Amphetamines | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 15.8 | 8.5 | 14.7 | 11.6 | 8.0 | 21.7 | 13.5 | 24.0 | 20.8 |
Methamphetamines | 3.1 | 0.2 | – | 0.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 9.6 | 5.6 | 17.8 | 22.1 | 19.0 | 25.0 |
Ecstasy | 0.8 | – | – | – | 7.7 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 14.2 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
Barbiturates | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.6 | – | 1.5 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | – | – | 2.2 | – |
Benzodiazepines | 4.5 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 0.7 | – | 10.5 | 3.0 | 8.2 |
Cannabis | 15.0 | 8.7 | 5.6 | 9.9 | 16.1 | 5.7 | 21.4 | 12.5 | 21.9 | 9.5 | 13.9 | 10.4 | 11.2 |
LSD | – | – | – | – | – | 2.8 | – | 0.3 | – | – | – | 0.7 | – |
Inhalants | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | – | 1.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |