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Table 3 Attitudes of drug users towards testing

From: Music festival attendees’ illicit drug use, knowledge and practices regarding drug content and purity: a cross-sectional survey

 

Total % (n)

Concern about drug content and/or purity (n = 460)

 Not at all/A little

47.2 (217)

 Somewhat/A lot

52.8 (243)

Attempts to find out about drug content and/or purity (n = 462)

 Never

37.2 (172)

 Occasionally

29.0 (134)

 Often

19.5 (90)

 Always

14.3 (66)

Likelihood of using a free drug checking service (n = 447)

 Not likely at all

13.0 (58)

 Somewhat likely

32.7 (146)

 Highly likely

54.4 (243)

What methods have you used to attempt to find out about the content and purity of illicit drugs you take? (Multiple answers possible) (n = 453)

 Friends

78.6 (356)

 Dealers

36.2 (164)

 Websites

35.8 (162)

 Personal previous experience

43.5 (197)

 Personal use of drug testing kit

5.7 (26)

 Other’s use of drug testing kit

6.4 (29)

 None

13.9 (63)