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Canadians that preferred to use select drugs during active addiction as of 2016

Percentage of Canadians that used select drugs as their primary drug of choice during active addiction as of 2016

The data displays the percentage of recovering substance abuse addicts in Canada that used select drugs as their primary drug of choice during their active addiction as of 2016. According to the survey, 50.5% of respondents stated alcohol was their drug of choice during their active addiction.

Alcohol	50.5
Cocaine powder or crack	18.8
Cannabis (marijuana, hash)	7.7
Heroin or other street opioids	7.1
Prescription opioids	5.5
Methamphetamine	4.7
Tobacco/nicotine	2.3
Sedatives or sleeping pills	1.3
Hallucinogens	0.6
Ecstasy	0.5
Prescription stimulants	0.2
Other	0.2
No response	0.4

Canadians that preferred to use select drugs during active addiction as of 2016

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