ANNUAL REPORTS QUESTIONNAIRE FOR 1992
PART II: DRUG ABUSE

SECTION 1         EXTENT, PATTERNS AND TRENDS OF DRUG
                              ABUSE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

SECTION 2     EDUCATION, WORKPLACE, LEISURE TIME, COMMUNITY
                        AND MEDIA ACTIVITIES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

SECTION 3     TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION  . . . . . . . . 43

            ANNUAL REPORTS QUESTIONNAIRE FOR 1992

                                            PART II: DRUG ABUSE

SECTION 1
       EXTENT, PATTERNS AND TRENDS OF DRUG ABUSE

        Please provide the name, address, telephone and telex numbers of the person responsible for national drug abuse data in your country.

Name:                                                                                                        

Title/Position:                                                                                             

Organization:                                                                                              

Address:                                                                                                     

Telephone:                                  Telex:                          Telefax:                    

Cable address:                                                                                              

        Please provide the name, position, address, telephone number and telex number of the technical person responsible for the completion of Section 1.

Name:                                                                                                        

Title/Position:                                                                                              

Address:                                                                                                     

Telephone:                                 Telex:                          Telefax:                     

                               REPORTS ON DATA COLLECTION

        This section of the annual reports questionnaire requests epidemiological data on drug abuse collected in your country during the past year.  For each question, mark the correct response.  For each YES response, please complete the appropriate Annex.

1.        Does your country maintain a drug abuse registry?(*)                          YES ¨   NO ¨

        If yes, please complete Annex I.

2.        Were sample surveys(**) of drug abuse recently                                  YES ¨   NO ¨
        conducted in your country?

        If yes, please complete Annex II.

3.        Were qualitative or descriptive studies(***)                                         YES ¨   NO ¨
        of drug abuse recently conducted in your country?

        If yes, please complete Annex III for each recent qualitative
        or descriptive study.

4.        Were studies of attitudes toward drug abuse recently                            YES ¨   NO ¨
        conducted in your country?

        If yes, please complete Annex IV for each recent
        attitudinal studies.

5.        During the past year, were any studies, either quantitative                    YES ¨   NO ¨
        or qualitative, released or published that examined the
        social and economic costs/consequences of drug abuse in
        your country?

        If yes, please complete Annex V.

(*)      Any official system of recording persons who are known to abuse narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (for example, lists of registered heroin abusers or files of persons arrested for drug offenses).

(**)    A systematic investigation of a scientifically selected sample of the population or of a subpopulation using a questionnaire or interview schedule.

(***)  A study which seeks to describe people or situations rather than focusing on numbers or statistics.

                              PROBLEMS OF DATA COLLECTION

            This section is concerned with the problems which hinder the establishment of data collecting systems.  If there is no central data collecting system please answer question 1 and question 2.  If there is such a system please complete questions 3 to 6.

1.       If No data collecting system exists, what is the greatest single factor in preventing your country from developing a data collection?

2.         What type of assistance would be needed to establish a national data collection system?

3.       If you have a national data collection system, what steps need to be taken to improve it?

4.         What were your main difficulties in establishing your data collection system?

5.         What difficulties do you expect in maintaining your data collection system?

6.         What type of assistance would be needed to develop it?

                                        THE GENERAL REPORT

            The General Report is a very important part of the annual reports questionnaire and of the IDAAS System.  The data collected here will be incorporated with information from teh other parts of the questionnaire as well as other government provided data, to develop a country Drug Profile.

            For each Member State, the Country Drug Profile will provide an overview of: (1) treaty adherence; (2) indicators of drug demand (reporting systems and surveys, extent of drug abuse, regional variations, trends and patterns of abuse, abuser characteristics, health implications and arrests, convictions and seizures); (3) drug demand reduction activities (prevention, treatment and rehabilitation) and (4) costs and consequences.  It is essential that all information reported be as complete as possible.  If complete data are not available, please provide any partial data.

            It is understandable that for many Member States, national‑level data may not be available.  In some instances, reports may be based on national level surveys, studies, or data  collection systems, while in other cases, national estimates will have to be made by extrapolating information collected through regional or local surveys, studies, or data collection systems.  In some countries, quantitative data may not exist; however, estimates can be made from anecdotal and/or undocumented information.  These data will represent each Member State's best assessment of the nature and extent of drug abuse.

                                  1.  NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS

1.1       Total population ________ as of the year 19____ (available from latest official estimates or census).

1.2       Percentage of the population residing in urban areas ____, and in rural areas _____(*).

1.3       Percentage in cities of 250,000 and over ______.

(*)           The urban population is that population residing in areas of 2,000 inhabitants or more, in administratively defined areas or governmental boundaries designated as urban, or other area designated as urban such as the densely settled urban fringe surrounding major cities.  For the IDAAS Country Profile, rural areas will be defined as open country and/or areas with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants; small cities and villages will be defined as areas or other urban territory with 2,000 to 249,999 inhabitants; and cities will be defined as areas or urban territory with 250,000 or more inhabitants.

1.4       Percent distribution of the population by age and sex as for year 19____.

                                    2.  EXTENT OF DRUG ABUSE

            Please complete tables 2.1 to 2.4 for each drug, but if data are not available per drug, complete for each drug category.  The Multiple Drugs category should only be used if individual categories cannot be identified.  The requested estimates should be based on any and all information available, surveys, registries and anecdotal or undocumented information.  If no data exist, please base information on the best informed judgment.  Please also identify for each estimate how they were derived:  surveys, extrapolated from limited data, or best informed judgment and indicate the sources.

            In table 2.1 please estimate the number of annual abusers, that is the number of persons who abuse drugs at least once during the year.  Please also estimate the number of daily abusers, that is the number of persons who abuse drugs on a daily basis, at any one point during the year.  If it is not possible to provide reliable estimates of actual numbers, please indicate a range (a lowest and a highest estimate) within which the exact number will probably fall.

            In table 2.2 please estimate the age range in which abuse of each drug is most prevalent and the percentage of women abusers.

            In table 2.3 please check the main routes of administration for each drug by placing an "X" in the appropriate boxes.  If necessary more than one box can be used for each drug.

            In table 2.4 please write in the most prevalent combinations of drugs which are used with each main drug (including alcohol).

            In table 2.5 please assess the trends in drug abuse that have occurred for the major drugs abused in your country in the past year, by placing an "X" in the appropriate boxes.

                    2.1  Number of Drug Abusers in the Year under review

            Please identify by each entry how each estimate was derived:  surveys (S), registries (R), extrapolated from limited data (please state basis of the data) (L), or best informed judgment (J), other (please specify).

                                       2.2  Estimated Daily Abusers

2.3  Route of Administration

                           2.4  Drugs Taken in Combination with Others

2.5 Trends in Drug Abuse

2.5.1    Please describe the trends in drug abuse that have occurred for the major drugs abused in your country in the past year, by placing a cross in the appropriate boxes.

            Please give known or suspected reasons for the reported trends.  Did the trend occur for any of the following reasons?

2.5.2    Change in demand ‑ a decrease or increase in the consumption of illicit drugs caused by factors such as a change in attitudes among particular groups, or changes in unemployment rate or structure, income, family life or migration.

2.5.3    Change in supply ‑ a decrease or increase in the availability of particular drugs caused by factors such as changes in home production, trafficking, diversion or control.

2.5.4    Please report social attitudes towards drug abuse.  This summary may be based on anecdotal or undocumented information.

2.5.5    Please describe geographical variations in drug abuse patterns, for the past year within your country.  Consider such items as the route of administration, characteristics of drug abusers, or categories of drugs abused.  Please emphasize new and recently identified variations.

2.5.6    Please describe important undocumented or anecdotal information concerning the extent of drug abuse during the past year, not mentioned elsewhere in this report.

                                            3.  SOCIAL PROBLEMS

            These questions deal with anecdotal and undocumented information that is not contained in the Annexes.

Costs and consequences of drug abuse

3.1       If possible, please describe any social and economic costs/consequences associated with drug abuse that were encountered or discovered during the past year.

                                   4.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

4.1       Please describe the extent, patterns and trends in the consumption of any drugs, drug products or industrial products which are traditionally used or not covered by the international drug control treaties (excluding tobacco and alcohol).

4.2       In the space below, please provide any additional information on the nature and extent of drug abuse in your country in the past year.

                                                      ANNEX   I

                                Number of Persons Listed on Drug Abuse
                               Registries by Drug Category, Sex, and Age

            Please indicate the number of persons currently recorded in drug abuse registries(*) classified by drug category, drug subcategory, age and sex.  While data may not always be available for each subcategory, please enter these data when available.  It is important, however, to enter the number of registrants for all major drug categories.  If the data are not classified by age, use the unknown column.  If the data are not classified by sex, use the columns for males.  If data are not classified by drug category, use the Total Registrants row.  If data for the year under review are not available, use data for the most recent year and indicate the year in the space provided.

Data are for Year: _____________  Data are classified by sex:  Yes ________ No __________

            If drug abuse registries are not reported nationally, extrapolate available data to national levels.  Were the data listed below extrapolated _____ yes, _____ no?  If yes, are these estimates based on data reported _____ regionally, _____ locally, or _____ regionally and locally? mark one.  Finally, if registry data do not conform to this table, please attach a copy of registry data with the questionnaire.

A.        Indicate the total number of persons in the registry _____________________________

B.        How long do persons remain in the registry? ___________________________________

C.        What are the sources of information for the registry? ___________________________

D.        Indicate the number of new cases introduced to the registry during the calendar reporting year ____________________________________________________________________

E.         Indicate the proportion of the total population of those who abuse drugs that are included in the registry ____________________________________________________________

F.         Briefly describe the process by which a person becomes included in the registry.  Is the notification compulsory or voluntary?  Who is responsible for the notification?

(*)           Drug abuse registry means any official system of recording persons who are known to abuse narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (for example, lists of registered heroin abusers or files of persons arrested for drug offenses).

                                                 ANNEX   I (cont'd)

                                            Registered Drug Abusers

                                                    ANNEX   II

                                       Sample Surveys of Drug Abuse

     Please provide bibliographic and descriptive information for any sample surveys on the prevalence and incidence of drug abuse published and/or presented during 1992 (or the latest available studies).  In addition, summarize each survey by indicating the percentage distribution of participants by drug use category, age category, sex, and route of drug administration for each drug investigated.  Use the table on the back of this page to complete this information.  If detailed data are not presented by drug category, please use the Total Drugs column.  Use a separate page for each sample survey.  If survey data do not conform to this table, please attach a copy of the survey results with the questionnaire.

Survey Title __________________________________________________________________

Researchers/Agency Conducting Study ____________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Bibliographical Reference _______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Sponsoring Institution or Agency _________________________________________________

Year(s)  Study Conducted ________________________________________________________

Sample Size ___________, Response Rate _______________, Age‑Range ________________

Sample Characteristics (such as general population, school‑age children, intravenous drug abusers; pregnant women; or prisoners in correctional facilities) _______________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Did the study include attitudinal questions _____YES _____NO  (If yes complete Annex IV).

Scope of Survey (mark one):  _________ National, _________ Regional, __________ Local

Data  Collection  Instruments _____________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

     Describe the survey results by drug category and percentage distribution of demographic and abuse characteristics on the back of this page.

                                                                                   ANNEX   II (cont'd)

                                                   Survey Results by Drug Category and Percentage Distribution of
                                                                    Demographic and Abuse Characteristics

ANNEX   III

                                   Qualitative Studies(*) of Drug Abuse

            In the space below, provide complete bibliographic information on any studies presented and/or published during the year under review (or the latest available studies) that report qualitative (descriptive) information on drug abuse.  Use a new page for each study.

Study  Title: ____________________________________________________________________

Researchers: ______­_______________________________________________________________

Bibliographical  Reference: ________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Sponsoring Institution or Agency: __________________________________________________

Year(s) Study Conducted: _______________________________   Sample Size: ______________

Drug(s)  Investigated: _____________________________________________________________

Special Characteristics of Sample: __________________________________________________

______________________________________________   Age Range of Sample: ____________

Did the study include attitudinal questions?   _______ Yes  _______ No  (If yes, complete Annex IV).

Scope of Study (mark one): __________ National, ____________ Regional, ___________ Local

Study  Methodology: _____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Summarize the Main Findings of the Study:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

(*)           a study which seeks to describe people or situations rather than focusing on numbers or statistics.
                                                     ANNEX   IV

                                 Studies of Attitudes Toward Drug Abuse

            In the space below, provide complete bibliographic information on surveys or studies presented or published during the year under review (or the latest available  studies) that report information on attitudes of the population toward drug abuse.  In addition, for each survey or study, give details of sample characteristics, methodology, instrumentation, and summarize the findings.  Use one page for each survey or study.

Survey/Study Title:  _______________________________________________________________

Researchers:  ____________________________________________________________________

Bibliographic  Reference:  _________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Sponsoring Institution or Agency: ___________________________________________________

Year(s) Study Conducted:  ______________________    Sample Size:  _____________________

Special Characteristics of Sample:  ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________   Age range of Sample: ________________

Scope of Study (mark one): ____________ National, ___________ Regional, __________ Local

Study Methodology: _______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Summarize the Main Findings of the Survey/Study; please include any information on variations in attitudes, if any, by type of drug category:

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

                                                     ANNEX   V

                         Quantitative and Qualitative Studies that Examined
                  the Social and Economic Costs/Consequences of Drug Abuse

            Provide bibliographic and descriptive information on all quantitative and qualitative studies and/or surveys investigating the social and economic costs/consequences of drug abuse conducted during the year under review.  In addition, please indicate by marking the appropriate box, the types of costs measured and the overall changes reported.  Use a new page for each study.

Survey/Study  Title: ______________________________________________________________

Researchers: _____________________________________________________________________

Bibliographic Reference: ___________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Sponsoring Institution or Agency: ____________________________________________________

Description of Study: ______________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Sample Size: ____________________________  Sample Type: ___________________________

Time Period(s)  Covered: _________________________________________________________

Drug(s)  Investigated  in  the  Study: ________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

If a total, national cost figure is being reported, indicate the amount:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Please indicate if changes have occurred in the social costs and consequences associated with drug abuse compared to earlier studies, by placing a cross in the appropriate box.

            In the space below, please describe any other social and economic costs/consequences associated with the abuse of specific drugs.