DRUG SITUATION REPORT 2024

While Singapore’s drug situation generally remains under control, worrying trends in youth drug abuse persist. In 2024, the youngest abuser arrested was a 13-year-old, far younger than the average onset age of drug abuse of 16 years old, as indicated in the 2022 Health and Lifestyle Survey. For two years now, more than half of the new abusers arrested were below 30 years old. The number of new drug abusers below the age of 20 arrested, increased by 30%. Methamphetamine continued to be the most commonly abused drug last year, followed by heroin and cannabis. However, we observe that more than half of the new cannabis abusers arrested were below 30 years old, suggesting a growing trend of permissiveness towards cannabis among our youths.

The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) Annual Statistics Report provides an overview of the global drug landscape and local drug situation including CNB’s enforcement and preventive education efforts.

Click here to view the full statistical report.

Click here for an overview of CNB’s Preventive Drug Education and advocacy highlights in 2024.

NOTE: 2023 figures are confirmed and 2024 figures are provisional.
In this report, 2024 refers to the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.