Abstract
Summary The 1982 British Crime Survey collected information on self-reported offending including cannabis use from a large representative sample of the population of Great Britain aged 16 and older. Five per cent of the sample said they had ever used cannabis compared with two per cent of a representative sample of people aged 16–19 in England and Wales interviewed in 1969. While there are some differnces between the present national samples in the proportions saying they had ever used cannabis, more of the 20–34 year olds of both sexes, particularly those who said they had completed their education after the age of 17, than of other sub-groups in the sample said they had ever used done so. The limitations of national surveys of self-reported drug use are discussed.
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