| Cannabis |
Stable after increases in the early 1990s |
| Amphetamines |
Continuing to rise, likely to be significant in future than
Ecstasy |
| Ecstasy |
No longer rising in countries with better prevalence |
| Other synthetic drugs |
New products reported in some Member States |
| Cocaine |
Modest, but steady rise in use, although prevalence is still
low |
| Heroin |
Increases among some synthetic drug users |
| Problematic patterns of use |
Diffusion to small towns and rural areas reported in some
countries |
| Deaths |
Generally stable or encreasing, although with some exceptions |
| Infectious diseases |
Rates of new AIDS cases strongly declining as a result of
new treatments. Prevalence of hepatitus C infections remains extremely high |