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Illicit drug use in the past year among Canadian students as of 2015, by gender

Percentage of Canadian students in grades 7 to 12 who used select illicit drugs in the past year as of 2015, by gender

The data displays the percentage of Canadian students in grades 7 to 12 who used select illicit drugs in the past year as of 2015, by gender. As of that time, around 2.2% of male students and 1.8% of female students had used cocaine in the past year.

Cannabis 16.8 16.2
Synthetic Cannabinoids 4 3.7
MDMA (Ecstasy) 2.4 2.3
Hallucinogens 2.8 2
Cocaine 2.2 1.8
Glue / Gas 1.4 1.3
Salvia 1.7 0.9
Amphetamines 1.3 1.1
Heroin 0.8 0.5