COMPARISON – SURVEY / STUDIES OF ADDICTS IN PAKISTAN

Type of Drugs Being Used

Sr Year Module Sponsor Population Drug Use Drug
Prevalence Addicts Heroin Opium Cannabis Bhang IDUs Others
National Survey
1. 1982 on Drug Abuse PNCB 94,096,000 1.3 % 1.3 M 0.1 % 1.3 % 3.4 % 0.8 % 0.3 % 0.9 %
in Pakistan
2. 1983 Heroin-Study PNCB 96,881,000 0.1 % 0.1 M 100,000 - - - - -

3. 1986 National Survey PNCB 105,240,000 1.8 % 1.9 M 31.8 % - 28.2 % - - -

on Drug Addicts
0.722 M 0.130 M
0.260 M 0.049 M
0.644 % of 0.12 % of
0.23 % of 0.044 % of
1.079 M total total
total total
4. 1988 National Survey PNCB 112,079,000 1.993 % 2.24 M 0.96 % of total population Population -
population population
on Drug Abuse Population and 48 % and 32 % and 5.8 %
and 12 % of and 2.2 % of
of total drug Addicts of total of total
total drug total drug
drug drug
addicts addicts
addicts addicts
0.171 M 0.890 M 0.074 M
0.445 M
0.13 % of (0.70 % of 0.5 % of
1.52 M 0.34 % of
total total total
NCD (1.19 % of total total
5. 1993 National population population population
and 127,563,000 2.432 % 3.1 M Population and - Population
Survey-II and 5.7 % and 29.5% and 2.4 %
UNDCP 50.7% of total drug and 14.3 % of
of total of total of total
addicts) total drug
drug drug drug
addicts
addicts addicts) addicts
500,000
60000
0.33 % of total
6. Study – Opioid 0.04 % of total -
2000 UNODC 152,429,000 2.624 % 4M population and 12.5 - - -
Users Population and 0.003 %
% of total drug
of total drug addicts
addicts
484,000
125,000
0.28 % of total
7. 2006 National MNC 0.07 % of total population
172,382,000 2.900 % 5M population and 9.68 - - - -
Assessment UNODC and 2.5 % of total drug
% of total drug
addicts
addicts
MNC
8. 2012 UNODC
Survey 190,281,000 5.7 % 6.3 M 1M 3.9 M - 0.42 M 0.98 M
Statistic
al Div
120,000,000
9. 2013 Drug Use in UNODC 13,000 35,000 19,000
(Between the age 6.1 % 6.7 M 860,000 320,000 4,000,000
Pakistan / NCD Cocaine Solvents / Inhalants Meth
of 15-64)