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Table 2 Support and preferences for drug checking services

From: Characteristics of take-home fentanyl test strip use and support for drug checking services among people who use heroin in Australia: learnings for an increasingly complex drug market

 

N = 72

% (n)

Would like to able to access a drug checking service

93 (67)

Among those who would like to be able to access a drug checking service (n = 67):

Willingness of give up a pinhead’s worth of drug for testing

97 (65)

Type of testing^

N = 67

All contents (psychoactive and non-psychoactive)

93 (62)

Purity

99 (66)

Preferred location of drug checking service^

N = 66

Supervised injecting centre

73 (48)

Needle & Syringe Program

53 (35)

Drug treatment service

23 (15)

Pharmacy

14 (9)

Length of time willing to wait for results

 

In-person

N = 67

< 5 min

15 (10)

5–15 min

27 (18)

16–29 min

24 (16)

30–59 min

9 (6)

1 h or more

8 (5)

1–2 days (e.g., confirmation testing)

9 (6)

3–7 days (e.g., confirmation testing)

9 (6)

Via post

N = 67

 < 24 h

2 (1)

1–2 days

18 (12)

3–7 days

6 (4)

 > 7 days

8 (5)

Would not post in my substances

67 (45)

Preferred way to receive drug alerts from drug checking service^# % (n)

N = 67

SMS/text message

76 (51)

Nurses/workers at health services/clinics/Medically Supervised Injecting Centre

34 (23)

Email

22 (15)

Phone call

22 (15)

Peer workers

18 (12)

Social media

13 (9)

Traditional media (e.g., newspaper, television)

12 (8)

  1. ^Responses options endorsed by ≤ 5 participants are not presented (note: this not applied where response options are cumulative). #Note: Only one participant reported they would not like to receive drug alerts