{"id":7389,"date":"2026-09-04T13:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/?p=7389"},"modified":"2026-10-07T15:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:09:58","slug":"characteristics-of-individual-clients-of-drug-harm-reduction-organisations-in-bulgaria-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/characteristics-of-individual-clients-of-drug-harm-reduction-organisations-in-bulgaria-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Characteristics of individual clients of drug harm reduction organisations in Bulgaria (2019 \u2013 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Prevalence of psychoactive substance use
Prevalence of medication use
Prevalence of drug use
Drug Prevention<\/a><\/strong><\/td>		Treatment Supply<\/a>
Treatment Demand
Health consequences<\/a>
Harm reduction<\/a><\/strong><\/td>		Drug-related crimes<\/a>
Drug market<\/a>
Drug use and prison<\/a>
Monitoring of publications<\/a>
Attitudes to legal framework changes<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Data base (2004 – 2025<\/a>)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual clients of drug harm reduction organisations in Bulgaria (2019 \u2013 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>2019<\/strong><\/td>2020<\/strong><\/td>2021<\/strong><\/td>2022<\/strong><\/td>2023<\/strong><\/td>2024<\/strong><\/td>2025<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total number of individual clients<\/strong><\/td>1823<\/strong><\/td>2455<\/strong><\/td>590<\/strong><\/td>1102<\/strong><\/td>1759<\/strong><\/td>1570<\/strong><\/td>4066<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
males<\/td>1525<\/td>2075<\/td>502<\/td>939<\/td>1511<\/td>1254<\/td>3217<\/td><\/tr>
females<\/td>298<\/td>380<\/td>88<\/td>163<\/td>248<\/td>316<\/td>849<\/td><\/tr>
new clients<\/td>1089<\/td>194<\/td>47<\/td>51<\/td>180<\/td>540<\/td>3566<\/td><\/tr>
men having sex with men<\/td>55<\/td>67<\/td>25<\/td>25<\/td>27<\/td>36<\/td>503<\/td><\/tr>
prostitutes<\/td>32<\/td>104<\/td>67<\/td>81<\/td>242<\/td>489<\/td>1025<\/td><\/tr>
from minority ethnic groups<\/td>654<\/td>1005<\/td>196<\/td>506<\/td>917<\/td>530<\/td>1777<\/td><\/tr>
employed<\/td>60<\/td>94<\/td>18<\/td>47<\/td>50<\/td>35<\/td>58<\/td><\/tr>
with criminal behaviour<\/td>76<\/td>103<\/td>282<\/td>252<\/td>254<\/td>702<\/td>197<\/td><\/tr>
heroin users<\/td>301<\/td>323<\/td>258<\/td>246<\/td>455<\/td>847<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
homeless<\/td><\/td><\/td>44<\/td>39<\/td>73<\/td>284<\/td>439<\/td><\/tr>
with a psychiatric disorder\/dual diagnosis<\/td>33<\/td>51<\/td>22<\/td>21<\/td>82<\/td>90<\/td>408<\/td><\/tr>
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Source: National Center of Public Health and Analyses<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Individual clients (up to 25 years of age) of drug harm reduction organisations in Bulgaria (2019 \u2013 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>2019<\/strong><\/td>2020<\/strong><\/td>2021<\/strong><\/td>2022<\/strong><\/td>2023<\/strong><\/td>2024<\/strong><\/td>2025<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total number of individual clients<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>251<\/strong><\/td>406<\/strong><\/td>47<\/strong><\/td>132<\/strong><\/td>221<\/strong><\/td>35<\/strong><\/td>209<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
males<\/td>213<\/td>348<\/td>47<\/td>96<\/td>192<\/td>32<\/td>157<\/td><\/tr>
females<\/td>38<\/td>58<\/td><\/td>36<\/td>29<\/td>3<\/td>52<\/td><\/tr>
from minority ethnic groups<\/td>133<\/td>317<\/td>45<\/td>114<\/td>194<\/td>33<\/td>82<\/td><\/tr>
employed<\/td>36<\/td>45<\/td><\/td>11<\/td>10<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
with criminal behaviour<\/td>21<\/td>45<\/td>25<\/td>16<\/td>1<\/td>3<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
heroin users<\/td>132<\/td>172<\/td>11<\/td>12<\/td>17<\/td>25<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
homeless<\/td><\/td><\/td>9<\/td>4<\/td>3<\/td>11<\/td>166<\/td><\/tr>
with a psychiatric disorder\/dual diagnosis<\/td>22<\/td>32<\/td>1<\/td><\/td>16<\/td>1<\/td>22<\/td><\/tr>
\u0431\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0438<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>1<\/td>1<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Source: National Center of Public Health and Analyses<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Individual clients (over 25 years of age) of drug harm reduction organisations in Bulgaria (2019 \u2013 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>2019<\/strong><\/td>2020<\/strong><\/td>2021<\/strong><\/td>2022<\/strong><\/td>2023<\/strong><\/td>2024<\/strong><\/td>2025<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total number of individual clients<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>1572<\/strong><\/td>2049<\/strong><\/td>543<\/strong><\/td>970<\/strong><\/td>1538<\/strong><\/td>1535<\/strong><\/td>3857<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
males<\/td>1312<\/td>1727<\/td>455<\/td>843<\/td>1319<\/td>1222<\/td>3060<\/td><\/tr>
females<\/td>260<\/td>322<\/td>88<\/td>127<\/td>219<\/td>313<\/td>797<\/td><\/tr>
from minority ethnic groups<\/td>521<\/td>688<\/td>151<\/td>392<\/td>723<\/td>497<\/td>1695<\/td><\/tr>
employed<\/td>24<\/td>49<\/td>18<\/td>36<\/td>40<\/td>35<\/td>58<\/td><\/tr>
with criminal behaviour<\/td>55<\/td>58<\/td>257<\/td>236<\/td>253<\/td>699<\/td>193<\/td><\/tr>
heroin users<\/td>169<\/td>151<\/td>247<\/td>234<\/td>438<\/td>822<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
homeless<\/td><\/td><\/td>35<\/td>35<\/td>70<\/td>273<\/td>273<\/td><\/tr>
with a psychiatric disorder\/dual diagnosis<\/td>11<\/td>19<\/td>21<\/td>21<\/td>66<\/td>89<\/td>386<\/td><\/tr>
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Source: National Center of Public Health and Analyses<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prevalence of psychoactive substance usePrevalence of medication usePrevalence of drug useDrug Prevention Treatment SupplyTreatment DemandHealth consequencesHarm reduction Drug-related crimesDrug marketDrug use and prisonMonitoring of publicationsAttitudes to legal framework changes Data base (2004 – 2025) Individual clients of drug harm reduction organisations in Bulgaria (2019 \u2013 2025) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Total number […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7389"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8163,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389\/revisions\/8163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}