Johannesburg

Sample size

	Age					Race
Gender	n	20 or less	21 - 25	26 - 30	31 - 35	36 or more	African	Coloured	White	Indian	Other
Male	889	17.1	26.0	28.3	15.5	13,0	90.7	2.6	3.0	2.9	0.8
Female	196	17.3	30.1	33.2	8.2	11.2	86.8	0.5	4.1	3.6	5.1

Percent positive for drugs

	Age					Race
Drug	Gender	20 or less	21 - 25	26 - 30	31 - 35	36+	African	Coloured	White	Indian	Other
Any drug	Male	51.7	42.8	29.1	25.9	37.1	36.8	36.8	42.9	13.0	0.0
	Female	24.2	12.5	13.6	20.0	14.3	13.0	0.0	75.0	40.0	0.0
Cannabis	Male	49.3	37.1	26.9	24.1	27.9	34.5	26.3	28.6	13.0	0.0
	Female	11.8	3.6	8.5	12.5	9.5	7.4	0.0	25.0	16.7	0.0
Mandrax	Male	13.4	9.3	5.3	2.6	1.9	7.3	5.3	0.0	4.3	0.0
	Female	0.0	1.8	0.0	6.7	0.0	0.6	0.0	12.5	0.0	0.0
Cocaine	Male	4.9	3.6	3.5	0.0	2.9	2.7	15.8	28.6	0.0	0.0
	Female	17.6	9.1	6.7	6.7	9.5	6.8	0.0	75.0	20.0	0.0
Opiates	Male	2.8	5.7	0.0	0.9	1.9	2.0	15.8	14.3	0.0	0.0
	Female	6.1	3.6	5.0	0.0	4.5	2.5	0.0	28.6	20.0	0.0
Amphetamines	Male	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Female	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Benzodiazepines	Male	0.7	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	4.3	0.0
	Female	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Percent positive for drugs, by offence category

Testing positive for ...	Gender	Substance- related	Violent crimes	Property crimes	Other
Any drug	Male	36.5	41.8	46.9	26.3
	Female	15.4	20.7	11.1	17.2
Cannabis	Male	28.8	38.8	41.0	25.5
	Female	0.0	7.1	4.4	11.1
Mandrax	Male	2.0	9.6	8.7	4.9
	Female	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Cocaine	Male	15.4	3.3	4.1	1.5
	Female	8.3	3.4	4.4	14.1
Opiates	Male	7.7	1.9	3.6	1.2
	Female	8.3	10.3	4.4	2.0
Amphetamines	Male	0.0	0.0	2.2	0.0
	Female	0.0	0.0	2.2	0.0
Benzodiazepines	Male	0.0	1.9	1.5	1.1
	Female	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Cape Town

Sample size

	Age					Race
Gender	n	20 or less	21 - 25	26 - 30	31 - 35	36 or more	African	Coloured	White	Indian	Other
Male	860	20.7	25.5	15.7	13.0	25.0	39.8	55.4	2.5	1.5	0.8
Female	171	19.9	25.1	19.9	9.9	25.1	40.6	55.1	1.8	0.0	0.6

Percent positive for drugs

	Age					Race
Drug	Gender	20 or less	21 - 25	26 - 30	31 - 35	36+	African	Coloured	White	Indian	Other
Any drug	Male	78.6	65.0	54.5	52.8	46.1	49.5	68.0	31.6	71.4	28.6
	Female	54.8	20.0	44.1	26.7	30.8	17.2	45.7	100.0	0.0	100.0
Cannabis	Male	73.4	56.5	48.8	47.7	37.1	46.7	58.5	22.2	71.4	0.0
	Female	45.2	17.1	17.6	14.3	12.8	7.8	29.3	50.0	0.0	0.0
Mandrax	Male	55.7	46.4	31.7	28.3	28.8	17.1	56.9	5.6	28.6	0.0
	Female	29.0	17.5	26.5	26.7	10.3	6.3	27.2	100.0	0.0	0.0
Cocaine	Male	2.3	3.9	3.3	1.9	0.0	0.6	2.8	16.7	0.0	0.0
	Female	13.3	7.3	17.6	14.3	2.5	0.0	13.0	100.0	20.0	100.0
Opiates	Male	2.3	0.5	4.1	1.9	1.5	1.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Female	0.0	2.4	5.9	0.0	15.4	7.8	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Amphetamines	Male	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	28.6
	Female	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Benzodiazepines	Male	8.1	4.8	5.7	5.6	4.9	4.1	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Female0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	0.0	7.7	1.6	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

Percent positive for drugs, by offence category

Testing positive for ...	Gender	Substance- related	Violent crimes	Property crimes	Other
Any drug	Male	80.5	50.3	73.2	46.3
	Female	53.1	9.4	31.1	39.4
Cannabis	Male	67.7	44.3	69.1	40.2
	Female	27.1	6.1	24.4	24.2
Mandrax	Male	49.4	28.8	55.6	30.4
	Female	26.5	6.3	22.2	21.2
Cocaine	Male	3.0	0.0	3.9	1.7
	Female	16.7	0.0	9.1	8.8
Opiates	Male	0.6	2.3	1.7	2.4
	Female	10.2	3.1	2.2	6.1
Amphetamines	Male	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Female	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Benzodiazepines	Male	5.5	5.1	10.7	3.4
	Female	2.0	3.1	0.0	6.1

Durban

Sample size

	Age					Race
Gender	n	20 or less	21 - 25	26 - 30	31 - 35	36 or more	African	Coloured	White	Indian	Other
Male	756	25.4	22.5	18.8	11.8	21.6	60.8	1.8	3.0	34.2	0.1
Female	211	25.5	26.9	17.0	12.3	18.4	81.5	6.2	3.8	8.5	0.0

Percent positive for drugs

	Age					Race
Drug	Gender	20 or less	21 - 25	26 - 30	31 - 35	36+	African	Coloured	White	Indian	Other
Any drug	Male	63.6	59.5	42.4	52.3	55.0	52.4	57.1	57.1	60.6	0.0
	Female	28.0	32.1	31.3	18.2	23.5	18.6	92.3	62.5	42.9	0.0
Cannabis	Male	56.5	52.5	38.6	45.5	52.6	48.4	53.3	42.9	53.2	0.0
	Female	18.0	16.7	12.5	9.1	14.7	12.7	46.2	25.0	13.3	0.0
Mandrax	Male	28.8	25.9	20.3	19.3	19.9	12.5	28.6	19.0	42.2	0.0
	Female	16.0	14.8	12.9	9.1	5.9	4.5	69.2	25.0	40.0	0.0
Cocaine	Male	1.6	1.9	3.8	1.1	0.7	0.9	20.0	23.8	1.2	0.0
	Female	12.0	20.4	9.7	9.1	2.9	3.8	92.3	37.5	14.3	0.0
Opiates	Male	0.5	1.9	3.0	5.7	1.3	1.9	0.0	14.3	1.2	0.0
	Female	0.0	1.9	6.3	0.0	2.9	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Amphetamines	Male	1.1	1.3	1.5	4.5	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.6	0.0
	Female	0.0	3.7	6.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0	25.0	0.0	0.0
Benzodiazepines	Male	2.2	3.1	0.8	2.3	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	2.8	0.0
	Female	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Percent positive for drugs, by offence category

Testing positive for ...	Gender	Substance- related	Violent crimes	Property crimes	Other
Any drug	Male	78.3	50.4	56.4	43.1
	Female	41.2	50.0	18.3	28.6
Cannabis	Male	71.3	45.0	50.6	38.7
	Female	17.6	12.5	13.1	16.2
Mandrax	Male	39.9	22.5	21.8	14.5
	Female	23.5	12.5	1.7	16.0
Cocaine	Male	1.9	0.8	3.9	0.8
	Female	22.2	37.5	0.0	15.2
Opiates	Male	0.0	3.1	1.1	3.2
	Female	0.0	0.0	6.6	0.0
Amphetamines	Male	3.8	0.8	0.6	2.4
	Female	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9
Benzodiazepines	Male	1.9	1.6	1.7	2.0
	Female	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0