Table 4 Changes in risk environments, drug markets and drug use patterns
Overall sample | N = 227 |
|---|---|
n (%) | |
Frequency of witnessing physical violence has… | |
Increased | 93 (41.0) |
Decreased | 19 (8.4) |
Not changed | 94 (41.4) |
Don't know/refused/not applicablea | 21 (9.3) |
Frequency of experiencing physical violence has… | |
Increased | 66 (29.1) |
Decreased | 14 (6.2) |
Not changed | 122 (53.7) |
Don't know/refused/not applicablea | 25 (11.0) |
Frequency of being “jacked up”/harassed by the police has… | |
Increased | 48 (21.2) |
Decreased | 14 (6.2) |
Not changed | 14 (6.2) |
Don't know/refused/not applicablea | 27 (11.9) |
Thinks the amount of fentanyl in the market has… | |
Increased | 86 (37.9) |
Decreased | 5 (2.2) |
Not changed | 35 (15.4) |
Doesn’t know | 101 (44.5) |
Has heard of new drugs coming into the market | 42 (18.5) |
Overall use of non-injection drugs has… | |
Increased | 81 (35.7) |
Decreased | 52 (22.9) |
Not changed | 94 (41.4) |
Overall use of injection drugs has…b | |
Increased | 36 (15.9) |
Decreased | 32 (14.1) |
Not changed | 158 (69.6) |
Subset reporting an illicit drug as their most frequently used substance during the last 6 months | N = 132 |
|---|---|
n (%) | |
Availability of most frequently used drug has… | |
Increased | 12 (9.1) |
Decreased | 43 (32.6) |
Not changed | 73 (55.3) |
Don’t know/refused | 4 (3.0) |
Price of most frequently used drug has… | |
Increased | 56 (42.4) |
Decreased | 3 (2.3) |
Not changed | 71 (53.8) |
Don’t know/refused | 2 (1.5) |
Quality of most frequently used drug has… | |
Increased | 3 (2.3) |
Decreased | 55 (41.7) |
Not changed | 68 (51.5) |
Don’t know/refused | 6 (4.5) |
Difficulty of obtaining credit from dealers has… | |
Increased | 33 (25.0) |
Decreased | 10 (7.6) |
Not changed | 53 (40.2) |
Don’t know/refused | 36 (27.3) |
Any change in the drug market indicators above | 109 (82.6) |
Changes in the drug market have impacted what is consumed (or how it is consumed) | 43 (39.4) |
Impacts cited:c | |
Cut down consumption in general | 20 (46.5) |
Switched substances | 12 (27.9) |
Increased consumption in general | 5 (11.6) |
Drank more alcohol | 2 (4.7) |
Used more cannabis | 2 (4.7) |
Switched to injection | 1 (2.3) |
Other | 10 (23.3) |