Drug use stable for 10 years
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Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on GoogleThe use of hard and soft drugs by the Dutch has remained stable over the past 10 years, according to health ministry figures. Some 5.5% of the population use cannabis while hard drugs (ecstasy, cocaine and heroin) are used by 1.5%. These figures have changed very little over the last decade, although ecstasy use has gone up, the figures show.
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