Drugs & Crime Flashcards
1
Q
36% adults have used drugs
A
CSEW
2
Q
12% of adults have used drugs in the last year
A
CSEW
3
Q
21% of 11-15 have used drugs in the past year
A
CSEW
4
Q
4 million drugs users overall in UK
A
CSEW
5
Q
1/3 of the mentally ill have a drug problem
A
Department of health
6
Q
up to 60% of the mentally ill could have a drug problem
A
Cohen and Levy 2002
7
Q
Banned opium-based products
A
The pharmacy Act 1868
8
Q
Drug related crimes are usually shoplifting, fraud and burglary.
A
Stevens 2011
9
Q
Make everything that produces a psychoactive effect on a person’s mental state illegal…
Alcohol? Tabacco?
A
Psychoactive substances act 2016
