Cannabis, cocaine most common drugs used by patients seeking treatment for alcohol use: study

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Cannabis, cocaine most common drugs used by patients seeking treatment for alcohol use: study via TheGrowthOp

Cocaine and cannabis are the drugs most commonly used by patients seeking treatment for alcohol addiction, concludes a new Irish study released by the Health Research Board .One in five cases involved the treatment of polydrug users—those who are being treated for dependency or problematic use of more than one substance. Some of the findings include the following:

The second most commonly reported drug used was cocaine, which showed an increase—29 percent in 2011 to 42 percent in 2017. Use of cocaine was seen at a higher rate in male than female users.

 

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