Presentation_Status of Drugs and Substance Use in Kenya_2023_11th September 2023.ppt

Drug and narcotics use in kenya

1. Status of Drugs and Substance Use in
Kenya
Key Higlights

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Status of DSU among primary school pupils:
current use
Drug/SubstancePrevalence(%) No.ofStudents
Tobacco 3.2 156,461
Alcohol 2.6 127,124
Khat/miraa 2.3 112,456
Bhang 0.8 39,115

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Status of DSU among secondary school students
in Kenya: current use
Drug/Substance Prevalence(%)No.ofStudents
Alcohol 3.8 82,517
Prescriptiondrugs 3.6 78,175
Khat/miraa 2.6 56,459
Tobacco 2.5 54,288
Bhang 1.8 39,087
Inhalants 0.6 13,029
Heroin 0.2 4,343
Cocaine 0.2 4,343

4. Status of DSU among employees in the public sector
workplace in Kenya: current use (NACADA, 2021)

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Alcohol use disorder among employees in the public sector
workplace in Kenya (NACADA, 2021)
Category Prevalence of AUD
No. of employees by
severity
MildAUD 5.7 38,487
ModerateAUD 3.0 20,256
SevereAUD 4.5 30,384

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Status of DSU among the general population
(NACADA, 2022)
•Thesurveyshowsthattheaverageagecategoryfor
initiationoftobacco,alcohol,khat,cannabis,
prescriptiondrugs,cocaineandheroinwas16–20
years;
•However,theminimumageofinitiationfortobaccowas
6years,alcohol(7years),cannabis(8years),
prescriptiondrugs(8years),khat(9years),heroin(18
years)andcocaine(20years).

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Summary of current use of DSA among the
population aged 15 –65 years
Substance PrevalencePopulation affected
Alcohol 11.8 3,199,119
Tobacco 8.5 2,305,929
Khat 3.6 964,737
Cannabis 1.9 518,807
Prescription drugs0.2 60,407
Multiple drugs 6.5 1,766,583
At least one
substance
17.5 4,733,152

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Trend of past current use of cannabis
among Kenyans aged 15 –65 years

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Summary of current use of DSA among the
youth aged 25 –35 years
Substance PrevalencePopulation affected
Alcohol 14.0 1,137,288
Tobacco 6.0 488,845
Khat 4.8 388,735
Cannabis 2.1 174,142
Prescription drugs0.2 19,112
Multiple drugs 6.1 494,218
At least one
substance
18.5 1,504,377

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Summary of current use of DSA among the
youth aged 15 –24 years
Substance PrevalencePopulation affected
Alcohol 5.2 367,608
Tobacco 3.2 230,130
Khat 3.6 259,954
Cannabis 2.7 193,430
Prescription drugs0.1 8,328
Multiple drugs 3.8 267,454
At least one
substance
8.9 632,846

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Severe SUDs (addiction) among the
population aged 15 –65 years in Kenya;
•Oneinevery20Kenyansaged15–65years
(1,357,040)areaddictedtoalcohol;
•Oneinevery30Kenyansaged15–65years(887,627)
areaddictedtotobacco;
•Oneinevery125Kenyansaged15–65years
(227,744)areaddictedtokhat;
•Oneinevery111Kenyansaged15–65years
(234,855)areaddictedtocannabis;

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Severe SUDs (addiction) among the youth
population in Kenya;
Typeof addiction 25–35 years15–24 years
Alcohol 596,336 153,846
Tobacco 247,139 45,806
Khat 112,724 58,819
Cannabis 100,468 90,531

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Rate of addiction among current users of
drugs and substances of abuse
•47.4%ofcurrentusersofcannabisareaddictedto
cannabisuse;
•42.4%ofcurrentusersofalcoholareaddictedto
alcoholuse;
•38.8%ofcurrentusersoftobaccoareaddictedto
tobaccouse;
•22.2%ofcurrentusersofkhatareaddictedtokhatuse;

14. Comparison of alcohol use between the public sector
employees and the general population (NACADA, 2021; 2022)

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Emerging trends of DSU in Kenya: cannabis edibles

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Prescription drugs

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Prescription drugs cont’

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Prescription drugs cont’
Tramadol
Codeine syrup

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Veterinary drugs: xylazine

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Novel tobacco products

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Novel tobacco products cont’

22. Thank you
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