In addition to these annual reports, the Research Group meets regularly to coordinate special projects and to share ideas concerning issues of local importance, related to drug use. This networking of local experts with a wide range of specialization has served as a model for the development of parallel groups in other Canadian cities. A national feasibility test of this model is currently underway, using the approach developed by the Toronto group. Estimates of adult drug use are based upon the Metropolitan Toronto subsample of the Ontario Adult Alcohol and Other Drug Use Survey. Data are also presented on drug use among Toronto street youth.
All estimates refer to the annual prevalence of drug use.
No new survey data survey are available for this report. Seizures refer to the confiscation of illegal substances of any quantity made by a Metropolitan Toronto Police official. This report is updated with seizures occurring during the last quarter of 1995 and the first three quarters of 1996. Purity Data Drug purity information, which refers to the purity of seized substances, is derived from Health Canada. The statistics presented in this report refer to the number of cases presenting themselves for treatment.