Far fewer women are entering treatment for heroin addiction but more women are successfully completing treatment for drug dependency than ever before, according to a detailed study of statistics about women in treatment in England released by the NTA on 23 March 2010.

The report, Women in drug treatment: what the latest figures reveal shows a 19 per cent fall in the number of adult females under 30 entering heroin programmes over the last five years – 1,000 fewer female addicts than in 2005. And, although part of the trend was offset by rising numbers of cocaine and crack addicts seeking treatment over the same period, the study also shows that the numbers of women entering treatment overall fell four per cent in four years.

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