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14448: Use of alcohol, cannabis and addictive drugs (16-79 years), by sex and age 2018 - 2024

Elin Skretting Lunde, Statistics Norway
+47 92 42 70 07
Sindre Mikael Haugen, Statistics Norway
+47 936 74 004
2024-11-18 08:00
Percentage which drinks alcohol once a week or more often:
per cent
Percentage that have drunk six or more units on one and the same occasion weekly:
per cent
Percentage that have used cannabis ever:
per cent
Percentage that have used cannabis for the last 12 months:
per cent
Percentage that have used prescribed sleeping pills for the last 12 months:
per cent
Percentage that have used prescribed sleeping pills daily or almost daily:
per cent
Percentage that have used prescribed tranquillizers for the last 12 months:
per cent
Percentage that have used prescribed painkillers for the last 12 months:
per cent
Percentage that have used prescribed painkillers daily or almost daily:
per cent
Number of respondents (alcohol once a week or more often):
per cent
Number of respondents (drunk six or more alcohol units):
number
Number of respondents (used cannabis ever):
number
Number of respondents (used cannabis for the last 12 months):
number
Number of respondents (addictive drugs):
number
Percentage which drinks alcohol once a week or more often:
31.12
Percentage that have drunk six or more units on one and the same occasion weekly:
31.12
Percentage that have used cannabis ever:
31.12
Percentage that have used cannabis for the last 12 months:
31.12
Percentage that have used prescribed sleeping pills for the last 12 months:
31.12
Percentage that have used prescribed sleeping pills daily or almost daily:
31.12
Percentage that have used prescribed tranquillizers for the last 12 months:
31.12
Percentage that have used prescribed painkillers for the last 12 months:
31.12
Percentage that have used prescribed painkillers daily or almost daily:
31.12
Number of respondents (alcohol once a week or more often):
31.12
Number of respondents (drunk six or more alcohol units):
31.12
Number of respondents (used cannabis ever):
31.12
Number of respondents (used cannabis for the last 12 months):
31.12
Number of respondents (addictive drugs):
31.12
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2018-2022: The questions regarding «alcohol once a week or more often» and «cannabis for the last 12 months» were asked quarterly in the years 2018-2022, while the questions «six or more units on one and the same occasion weekly», «cannabis ever», and questions on addictive drugs were only asked in the 2nd quarter.
2023: After a reorganization of the Drug Survey in 2023, only questions about alcohol and cannabis were asked in the 2nd quarter of that year. No data on addictive drugs were collected in 2023. Sample: questions about alcohol and addictive drugs use are directed at individuals aged 16-79, while questions about cannabis are directed at individuals aged 16-64. In 2024, the survey was conducted for the first time as a mixed mode survey, i.e., a combination of web and telephone interviews, whereas previously only telephone interviews were conducted. Of the participants in the 2024 survey, 59 percent responded via a self-administered web form, while 41 percent were interviewed over the phone.