Drug trends

Inhalant use in New Zealand is not widespread and research indicates that inhalants are tried and used by very few people. Those who do are generally young teenagers and most users fall in to the experimentation category.

Recent research indicates that:

• In 1998 1.9 percent of participants had tried solvents (inhalants) compared with 2.2 percent in 2001.
• In 1998 0.4 percent of participants had used solvents in the past year compared with 0.2 percent in 2001.
• In 1998 0.2 percent of participants were current users compared with 0.1 percent in 2001.