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Data on Drug Abusers Arrested (By Main Drug Abused)

Data from Jan 2003 to Jan 2023Updated 6 months ago

CNB (Central Narcotics Bureau)

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DataonDrugAbusersArrestedByMainDrugAbused.csv (470 rows, 10.8 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Status Text	Drug Of Abuse Text	No Of Drug Abusers Text
(Null)0.0% 20195.5% 20216.8% 20226.8% 20236.8%	(Null)0.0% Total53.4% New46.6%	(Null)0.0% NPS8.9% Heroin8.9% Cocaine8.9% Ecstasy8.9%	(Null)0.0%
2003	Total	Heroin	567
2003	Total	Cannabis	260
2003	Total	Buprenorphine	0
2003	Total	Ecstasy	114
2003	Total	Methamphetamine	369
2003	Total	Ketamine	497
2003	Total	Nimetazepam	0
2003	Total	Cocaine	0
2003	Total	Opium	2
2003	Total	Methadone	0

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Status	status	Text	-	-
Drug Of Abuse	drug_of_abuse	Text	-	-
No Of Drug Abusers	no_of_drug_abusers	Text	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_63ddff57dda5ad302be6ae35a266af75"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Central Narcotics Bureau. (2024). Data on Drug Abusers Arrested (By Main Drug Abused) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved January 15, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_63ddff57dda5ad302be6ae35a266af75/view

About this dataset

Contact

chiam_pei_san@cnb.gov.sg nur_nadya_yusri@cnb.gov.sg

Created on

05 Feb 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

CNB (Central Narcotics Bureau)

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