Almost all students in Germany had used alcohol during the last 12 months (93%), which is higher than the average (83%). Also the proportion of students who had been drunk during the last 12 months is higher (61%) than the average (53%). More students than the average had been smoking in lifetime (77 compared to 66%) and the tendency is the same about the proportion that have smoked during the last 30 days (45 compared to 35%). More students in Germany had used marijuana or hashish (27%) than the average for all countries (21%).

The use of any other illicit drug than cannabis is also higher than the average (10 compared to 6%). Use of inhalants, however, is about the same in Germany (11%) as the average (10%). Rather small proportions have used tranquillisers or sedatives without a doctor’s prescription (2%) compared to all countries (6%). On the other hand, alcohol in combination with pills is more common in Germany (16%) than the average (7%).