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Table 1 Participant characteristics (n = 27)

From: The “goldfish bowl”: a qualitative study of the effects of heightened surveillance on people who use drugs in a rural and coastal Canadian setting

Age

Range

19–65

Average (mean)

42

Gender

Ciswoman

13

Cisman

14

Race

Indigenous

8

White

19

Housing

Supportive housing

13

Private market housing

6

Shelter

4

Unsheltered

4

Drug use (last 30 days)

Fentanyl

25

Crystal methamphetamine

17

Cocaine (rock)

14

Heroin

12

Cocaine (powder)

7

Cannabis

6

Alcohol

6

Other

6

Consumption method

Smoke

24

Inject

18

Swallow

5

Snort

1

Income (last 30 days)

Social assistance

26

Part-time job

8

Drug selling

6

Gig economy

6

Full-time job

2

Selling goods

2

Volunteer stipend

2

Sex work

1

Recycling

1

Panhandling

1