Table 41b. Age of onset for various substances and mixing alcohol with pills. Proportion answering 'at the age of 13 or younger' by gender. 2015. Percentages.
Download XLS| Marijuana or hashish | Amphetamine/Methamphetamine | Cocaine/crack | Ecstasy | Tranquillisers or sedatives a | Inhalants b | Alcohol together with pills b | ||||||||
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| Albania | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Austria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium (Flanders) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Croatia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Estonia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Faroes | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| France | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Iceland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Italy | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Liechtenstein | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Malta | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Monaco | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Portugal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| AVERAGE | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Latvia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
| United States c | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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).