Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

December 11, 2023 Dear Kriz Anne Valerie Vargas, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 04, 2023 05:59:16 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for ESTMATED DRUG USERS IN THE PHILIPPINES PER REGION. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, please be informed that our data on this is limited to the following: 2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Chapter 17 Public Order, Safety and Justice: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook Table 17.13 Profile of Drug Abusers : 2015 to 2021: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T17_13.xlsx Table 17.14 Distribution of Reported Cases of Drug/Substance Abuse by Sex and by Type of Drug/Substance of Abuse: 2019 to 2021: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T17_14.xlsx Table 17.15 Reported Cases of Drug/Substance Abuse by Type of Patient Confined in Various Rehabilitation Centers: 2010 to 2021: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T17_15.xlsx OpenSTAT: 3.5.1.p1 Percentage of drug abuse cases or drug users who completed treatment: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G03/0103I3D3511.px/?rxid=cbc14ac4-8440-458a-b8ab-364383b6a83d Distribution of Reported Cases of Drug/Substance Abuse by Sex and by Type of Drug/Substance of Abuse, 2000-2014: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__GD__HN/0063E3D0660.px/?rxid=cbc14ac4-8440-458a-b8ab-364383b6a83d For more specific data on this, you may coordinate with the Dangerous Drug Board for the list of drug rehabilitation facilities: https://ddb.gov.ph/ We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Rene C. Mendoza (Assistant National Statistician) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service