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What Services Are
Saying
April Shaw
March 2009
Survey
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Questions Covered
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Illicit Drug Use
Polydrug Use
Costs, Purity & Availability
Changes in client profiles
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Clients
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Age
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• 10 ‘no difference’
• 7 ‘Younger’
• 4 ‘Older’
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Ethnicity
• 15 ‘no change’
• Eastern European
• Asian (women)
Gender
• 12 ‘no difference’
• 5 ‘more females’
• 2 ‘more males’
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Employment Status
• 14 ‘no change’
• 5 cocaine, steroids,
GHB
Clients
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2nd and 3rd generation substance use
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Clients with mental health/ dual diagnosis issues
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Clients homeless or with urgent housing issues
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More challenging behaviours, especially among
18-30 year olds
Drugs Used
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46% change in drugs used
• Benzodiazepines
• Cannabis - young people
• GHB
• Methamphetamine
Poly Drug Use
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40% change poly drug use
• Diazepam, heroin, alcohol
• Heroin, crack cocaine, benzos
(methadone)
• Amphetamines and heroin
• alcohol, MDMA, cocaine
Route of administration
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16% change route of drug use
• increased injecting
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femoral
younger
female
Drug Use
Adverse consequences
• Heroin
• Diazepam
Injecting
injuries
 Hepatitis C
 Overdose
mental health
 aggression
 criminal
activity
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• Cannabis
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Mental health
Internet
Prices, Purity and Availability
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Prices
• 42% change
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Purity
• 56% change
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Availability
• 66% change
Avg. Price
Herbal Cannabis –standard grade (oz)
£86
Herbal Cannabis –good quality e.g. skunk
(oz)
£132
Resin Cannabis (oz)
£50
Ecstasy/MDMA (per ill/crystal/powder)
£2 per pill / £60 per
gram
Amphetamine (gram)
£10
Diazepam (per pill)
50p per 5mg / £1 per
10mg
Heroin (per gram/bag)
£10 bags / £50 -100 per
gram
Cocaine (gram)
£44
Crack (average) per rock
£10 – 20 (weight not
consistent)
Finally…
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Benzodiazepines
Alcohol
Prices stable
• Cocaine