This bulletin is based on the results of the first major survey on drug use in Ireland. It finds that over one in thirty people (3%) have used cocaine at some point in their life, 1.1% in the last year and 0.3% in the last month. Twice as many men (4%) as women (2%) reported using the drug at least once in their lives, and lifetime use among young people aged between 15 and 34 (4.7%) was more than three times the rate of use among those aged between 35 and 64 (1.4%). According to the survey, the average age at which respondents first used cocaine is 20 for men and 21 for women. The survey also finds that for those who became regular users, the period of time between first using cocaine and becoming a regular user was only one year.