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In this study we are interviewing a range of people to give us some expert advice about what is currently happening in the illicit drug market. Before asking these questions, however, I need to ask you a few questions to check that you fit the criteria for our survey |
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| * Q1a. Are you answering this survey as a Health or Law Enforcement Key Expert? |
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| Q2a. What is the main illicit drug/s used by the drug users/manufacturers/traffickers you have had the most contact with in the past 6 months? (circle all that apply) |
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| Q3a. What sort of police work do you do? (circle the main type only) |
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| Q4a. Gender of key expert: |
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| Q1b. What is the main illicit drug/s used by the drug users you have had the most contact with in the past 6 months? (circle all that apply) |
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| Q2b. How do you know about these illicit drug users? |
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| Q3b. How many days per week, on average, have you had contact with these users during the past 6 months? (days) | | |
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| Q4b. How many different users have you had personal contact with in the last 6 months? |
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| Q5b. Do you work with any special populations? (can mark more than one) |
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| In this interview we will be asking you about issues that you have recently noted around the use of illicit drugs and for your advice on how to interpret some of our recent findings. We won’t be identifying you in the project and a copy of the results will be available at the end of the project for your information. For further information about the studes please visit the NDARC website. http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/group/drug-trends |
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| Characteristics of people currently involved in the drug market |
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| Q1c. Can you briefly describe your contact with people who use drugs? e.g. in your professional role or personal life | | |
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| Q2c. What is the drug or drugs you consider most problematic at this time? |
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| Q3c. Why are they problematic? | | |
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| Q4c. What is the main problematic drug? |
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| Q5c. What form does this drug take? |
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| Q6c. What is the appearance of this drug? colour etc? | | |
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| Q7c. What is the brand name/formulation of this main problematic drug? | | |
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| Q8c. How is the problematic drug mainly taken? |
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| Q9c. Please describe the characteristics of people currently using these drug/s in your area/service.
Examples
* What areas (of your jurisdiction) do they live in?
* Age range and average age?
* Gender, Ethnicity or cultural background (including ESB, NESB and A&TSI)
* Level of education (e.g. Year 9 or less? Year 10/12 or equivalent? Trade or technical qualifications? University?)
* Employment status
* Sexual preference (e.g. mainly heterosexual? Gay, lesbian, bisexual, other?)
* Previous prison history/ Contact with police or the criminal justice system?
* Mental health problems? (e.g. schizophrenia, depression, anxiety (e.g. generalised, panic disorder, social phobia, specific phobia, OCD) personality disorder). | | |
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| Q10c. Have you noticed any changes in these characteristics in the last 6 to 12 months?
Examples
* Any changes in how people are using (eg. route, amount, frequency, forms)?
* Any changes in the number or type of people using (eg. age, ethnicity)?
* What other drugs do they regularly use? (polydrug use)
* What patterns of use are common?
* Any distinctions between younger and older people’s use patterns?
* Characteristics of high-risk use patterns etc?
* Health related issues? | | |
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| Q11c. Is there anything else that you have noticed about this group of users that you think is interesting in terms of their drug use? | | |
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| Q1h. What are current health issues that your service has been seeing/coping with in the last 12 months?
Examples
* Overdose
* Level of aggression/violence
* Levels of intoxication
* General health and hygiene
* Suicidality
* Needle-risk taking behaviours
* Rates of blood borne viral infections
* Sex risk under the influence or use of protection | | |
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| Q2h. How have these health issues influenced the practice of your service in the last 12 months? | | |
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| Q3h. Do you have any recommendations for any of the above issues related to health issues or the use of these drug/s? | | |
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| Q1l. Please describe the characteristics of people currently supplying/ manufacturing/ trafficking these drug/s and some broad details of the methods used. | | |
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| Q2l. Have you noticed any changes in the methods of manufacturing/trafficking/ supplying in the last 6 to 12 months? If so, what are these changes?
Examples
* Change in number or type of people selling the drug?
* Changes in how or where the drug/s is sold?
* Changes in manufacture or importation? (eg. method of production, or route of supply)
* Changes in the drug market at street level/other level of supply (e.g. higher level, importation, etc)? | | |
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| Price, Purity and Availability |
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| Q1d. Are you able to comment on the price, purity or availability of these drug(s)? |
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| Q2d. What are the main drug/s you are able to comment on? (maximum 4)
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| Q3d. Has the price changed in the last 6 to 12 months?
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| Q4d. How pure/strong would you say this drug is at the moment?
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| Q5d. Has the purity/strength of this drug changed in the last 6 to 12 months?
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| Q6d. Finally, last year and/or this year we noticed a few key things in the drug market. Such as an increase in the use of ice/crystal in the IDRS and the use of Emerging Psychoactive Substances in the EDRS. We are interested in getting your thoughts on these findings, why these have occurred and the circumstances around them. Have you also seen these things? | | |
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| Q7d. Do you have any recommendations in relation to any of the issues raised in the survey? | | |
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| Q8d. Any other comments on drug use trends or issues that you would like to make? | | |
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| Q9d. Can you recommend anyone else who could participate in this project? | | |
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