Share of adults in England and Wales who have recently taken Cannabis 2001-2024

Published by D. Clark, Dec 12, 2024

In 2023/24, among people aged between 16 and 59 in England and Wales, 6.8 percent had taken cannabis in the previous 12 months, compared with 7.6 percent in the previous year. By comparison, in 2002/03 more than one in ten people in this aged group admitted to using cannabis at least once in the previous year, indicating that regular cannabis use has fallen.

Proportion of 16 to 59 year old's in England and Wales reporting use of cannabis in the last year from 2001/02 to 2023/24

CharacteristicShare of respondents
2001/02 10.5%
2002/03 10.7%
2003/04 10.6%
2004/05 9.6%
2005/06 8.7%
2006/07 8.2%
2007/08 7.5%
2008/09 7.7%
2009/10 6.6%
2010/11 6.7%
2011/12 6.8%
2012/13 6.3%
2013/14 6.6%
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December 2024

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United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2024

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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