Table 41a. Age of onset for various substances and mixing alcohol with pills. Proportion answering 'at the age of 13 or younger'. 2015. Percentages.
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| Marijuana or hashish | Amphetamine/MethAmphetamine | Cocaine/crack | Ecstasy | Tranquillisers or sedatives a | Inhalants b | Alcohol together with pills b | Marijuana or hashish | Amphetamine/Methamphetamine | Cocaine/crack | Ecstasy | Tranquillisers or sedatives a | Inhalants b | Alcohol together with pills b | |
| Albania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Austria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium (Flanders) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Estonia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Faroes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| France | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Georgia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Liechtenstein | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monaco | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Poland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | . | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AVERAGE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Spain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . |
| United States c | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | . | 9 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | . |
a 'Without a doctor's prescription'.
b In order 'to get high'.
c Used by end of 8th grade, approximate age is 13 (amphetamines only, cocaine only, tranquillisers only).