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Proportion Of Opioid And Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS) Abusers With Drug Use Disorder Admitted To The Drug Rehabilitation Centre For Treatment, Annual

Description

Monitor the proportion of opioid and amphetamine-type stimulant abusers with drug use disorder admitted to Singapore’s Drug Rehabilitation Centre for treatment from 2016 to 2024. Sourced from the Ministry of Home Affairs and Central Narcotics Bureau via SingStat, annual rows support drug-treatment policy evaluation and comparisons before and after 2019 legislative changes. Useful for Singapore addiction-treatment statistics and DRC admission research.

Official description

Source: MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU Data Last Updated: 21/08/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Prior to 2019, data refer to those admitted to the Drug Rehabilitation Centre (DRC) for treatment among opioid and Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS) abusers who were liable for imprisonment. The legislation was amended in 2019 regarding how repeat drug abusers are managed under the rehabilitation-focused approach. Repeat drug abusers who do not face other concurrent drug or criminal charges and who admit to their drug abuse would be channelled towards the rehabilitation regime instead of being charged for their drug consumption offence. Data from 2019 onwards refer to those admitted to the DRC for treatment among all opioid and ATS abusers. Apart from DRC, there are also other treatment interventions available for drug abusers arrested in Singapore. Data are used for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicator 3.5.1 'Coverage of treatment interventions (pharmacological, psychosocial and rehabilitation and aftercare services) for substance use disorders'. Opioid refers to heroin as this is the only opioid abused in Singapore. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M870491

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Coverage
2016-01-01 – 2025-12-31
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1
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11

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Data Series 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Proportion Of Opioid And Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS) Abusers With Drug Use Disorder Admitted To The Drug Rehabilitation Centre For Treatment 67.500000 58.300000 61.700000 57.900000 60.700000 55.000000 35.800000 33.900000 34.800000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Data Series Text No
2025 Numeric No
2024 Numeric No
2023 Numeric No
2022 Numeric No
2021 Numeric No
2020 Numeric No
2019 Numeric No
2018 Numeric No
2017 Numeric No
2016 Numeric No