{"id":7465,"date":"2025-07-01T12:53:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/?p=7465"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:44:21","slug":"lifetime-prevalence-of-drug-use-among-the-high-students-from-8-to-12-grade-aged-15-19-in-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/lifetime-prevalence-of-drug-use-among-the-high-students-from-8-to-12-grade-aged-15-19-in-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime prevalence of drug use among the high students from 8 to 12 grade (aged 15-19) in Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Prevalence of psychoactive substance use
Prevalence of medication use
Prevalence of drug use<\/a>
Drug prevention
Treatment supply<\/a>
Treatment demand
Health consequences<\/a>
Harm reduction<\/a>
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

Source: National population school survey on attitudes and use of psychoactive substances among the high students from 8 to 12 grade (aged 15-19). The survey was conducted in the period November-December 2021 on behalf of and with the methodological support of the National Focal Point on Drugs and Drug Addictions by Sova 5 Agency, covering 4109 school students from 285 classes, distributed by schools and districts, according to a previously prepared and approved sample.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lifetime prevalence of drug use among the high students from 8 to 12 grade (aged 15-19) (by grade, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type of drugs<\/strong><\/td>8 grade<\/strong><\/td>9 grade<\/strong><\/td>10 grade<\/strong><\/td>11 grade<\/strong><\/td>12 grade<\/strong><\/td>Total (8-12 grade)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Any illegal drugs<\/strong><\/td>7.9%<\/strong><\/td>8.4%<\/strong><\/td>16.9%<\/strong><\/td>20.9%<\/strong><\/td>21.3%<\/strong><\/td>14.7%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Cannabis<\/td>5.5%<\/td>6.2%<\/td>14.8%<\/td>18.0%<\/td>17.7%<\/td>12.1%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Heroin<\/td>1.0%<\/td>0.8%<\/td>0.7%<\/td>2.4%<\/td>1.8%<\/td>1.3%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Methadone<\/td>1.0%<\/td>0.4%<\/td>0.9%<\/td>1.2%<\/td>1.2%<\/td>0.9%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Other opioids (morphine, codeine)<\/td>1.3%<\/td>0.6%<\/td>2.2%<\/td>2.4%<\/td>2.2%<\/td>1.7%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Cocaine<\/td>3.6%<\/td>2.9%<\/td>5.5%<\/td>6.1%<\/td>7.0%<\/td>4.9%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Amphetamine<\/td>3.7%<\/td>2.6%<\/td>6.8%<\/td>7.2%<\/td>7.8%<\/td>5.5%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Methamphetamine<\/td>2.6%<\/td>1.2%<\/td>3.4%<\/td>5.3%<\/td>4.9%<\/td>3.4%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Ecstasy<\/td>3.0%<\/td>1.4%<\/td>3.8%<\/td>5.9%<\/td>5.8%<\/td>3.9%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
LSD<\/td>1.1%<\/td>0.4%<\/td>2.3%<\/td>3.5%<\/td>2.5%<\/td>1.9%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Hallucinogenic mushrooms<\/td>1.3%<\/td>1<\/strong>.1%<\/td>2.0%<\/td>3.2%<\/td>2.7%<\/td>2.0%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Synthetic cannabinoids<\/td>1.3%<\/td>1.1%<\/td>3.2%<\/td>6.1%<\/td>4.2%<\/td>2.8%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Inhalants<\/td>1.1%<\/td>0.8%<\/td>1.0%<\/td>2.5%<\/td>1.3%<\/td>1.3%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Combination of two or more substances<\/td>1.6%<\/td>1.0%<\/td>3.0%<\/td>3.9%<\/td>4.3%<\/td>2.6%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lifetime prevalence of drug use among the high students from 8 to 12 grade (aged 15-19) (by grade, boys, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type of drugs<\/strong><\/td>8 grade<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>9 grade<\/strong><\/td>10 grade<\/strong><\/td>11 grade<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>12 grade<\/strong><\/td>Total (8-12 grade)<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Any illegal drugs<\/strong><\/td>10.4%<\/strong><\/td>8.6%<\/strong><\/td>18.4%<\/strong><\/td>23.0%<\/strong><\/td>22.6%<\/strong><\/td>16.3%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Cannabis<\/td>7.3%<\/td>6.9%<\/td>16.7%<\/td>20.2%<\/td>20.1%<\/td>14.0%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Heroin<\/td>1.0%<\/td>0.9%<\/td>0.5%<\/td>1.4%<\/td>1.8%<\/td>1.1%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Methadone<\/td>0.5%<\/td>0.2%<\/td>0.5%<\/td>0.8%<\/td>1.5%<\/td>0.7%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Other opioids (morphine, codeine)<\/td>1.3%<\/td>0.9%<\/td>1.9%<\/td>1.9%<\/td>2.3%<\/td>1.6%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Cocaine<\/td>5.7%<\/td>2.9%<\/td>5.1%<\/td>5.2%<\/td>6.7%<\/td>5.0%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Amphetamine<\/td>4.7%<\/td>3.3%<\/td>7.0%<\/td>6.8%<\/td>8.2%<\/td>5.9%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Methamphetamine<\/td>3.9%<\/td>0.9%<\/td>3.4%<\/td>4.6%<\/td>4.4%<\/td>3.2%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Ecstasy<\/td>3.9%<\/td>0.7%<\/td>4.3%<\/td>6.0%<\/td>5.9%<\/td>4.0%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
LSD<\/td>0.8%<\/td>0.4%<\/td>1.9%<\/td>3.6%<\/td>2.3%<\/td>1.7%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Hallucinogenic mushrooms<\/td>0.8%<\/td>1.5%<\/td>1.9%<\/td>1.9%<\/td>2.8%<\/td>1.8%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Synthetic cannabinoids<\/td>1.8%<\/td>1.3%<\/td>2.4%<\/td>4.1%<\/td>4.6%<\/td>2.8%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Inhalants<\/td>0.8%<\/td>1.1%<\/td>0.2%<\/td>1.9%<\/td>1.5%<\/td>1.1%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Combination of two or more substances<\/td>2.1%<\/td>1.1%<\/td>3.1%<\/td>2.7%<\/td>3.9%<\/td>2.5%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lifetime prevalence of drug use among the high students from 8 to 12 grade (aged 15-19) (by grade, girls, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type of drugs<\/strong><\/td>8 grade<\/strong><\/td>9 grade<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>10 grade<\/strong><\/td>11 grade<\/strong><\/td>12 grade<\/strong><\/td>Total (8-12 grade)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Any illegal drugs<\/strong><\/td>5.7%<\/strong><\/td>8.1%<\/strong><\/td>15.6%<\/strong><\/td>18.8%<\/strong><\/td>19.9%<\/strong><\/td>13.2%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Cannabis<\/td>4.0%<\/td>5.5%<\/td>13.2%<\/td>15.7%<\/td>15.2%<\/td>10.3%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Heroin<\/td>0.9%<\/td>0.4%<\/td>1.1%<\/td>3.4%<\/td>1.8%<\/td>1.4%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Methadone<\/td>1.3%<\/td>0.7%<\/td>1.3%<\/td>1.7%<\/td>0.8%<\/td>1.1%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Other opioids (morphine, codeine)<\/td>1.3%<\/td>0.2%<\/td>2.4%<\/td>2.8%<\/td>2.1%<\/td>1.7%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Cocaine<\/td>1.8%<\/td>2.9%<\/td>5.9%<\/td>7.0%<\/td>7.3%<\/td>4.3%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Amphetamine<\/td>2.9%<\/td>2.0%<\/td>6.6%<\/td>7.6%<\/td>7.3%<\/td>5.1%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Methamphetamine<\/td>1.5%<\/td>1.5%<\/td>3.5%<\/td>5.9%<\/td>5.5%<\/td>3.4%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Ecstasy<\/td>2.2%<\/td>2.2%<\/td>3.3%<\/td>5.9%<\/td>5.8%<\/td>3.7%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
LSD<\/td>1.3%<\/td>0.4%<\/td>2.6%<\/td>3.4%<\/td>2.6%<\/td>2.0%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Hallucinogenic mushrooms<\/td>1.8%<\/td>0.7%<\/td>2.0%<\/td>4.5%<\/td>2.6%<\/td>2.2%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Synthetic cannabinoids<\/td>0.9%<\/td>0.9%<\/td>3.9%<\/td>5.3%<\/td>3.7%<\/td>2.8%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Inhalants<\/td>1.3%<\/td>0.4%<\/td>1.8%<\/td>3.1%<\/td>1.0%<\/td>1.5%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Combination of two or more substances<\/td>1.1%<\/td>0.7%<\/td>2.9%<\/td>5.0%<\/td>4.7%<\/td>2.7%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prevalence of psychoactive substance usePrevalence of medication usePrevalence of drug useDrug preventionTreatment supplyTreatment demandHealth consequencesHarm reductionDrug-related crimesDrug marketDrug use and prisonMonitoring of publicationsAttitudes to legal framework changes Source: National population school survey on attitudes and use of psychoactive substances among the high students from 8 to 12 grade (aged 15-19). The survey was conducted in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,86],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465"}],"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=7465"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7481,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465\/revisions\/7481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}