Table 4.
Association between drug-specific awareness of BC’s decriminalization policy and use of that drug 1
| Awareness of decriminalization3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Users of drug | No or not sure | Yes | χ21,P-value | |||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| MDMA2 | No | 221 | 66.2% | 113 | 33.8% | 0.32, 0.57 |
| Yes | 15 | 75.0% | 5 | 25.0% | ||
| Powder cocaine | No | 146 | 51.8% | 136 | 48.2% | 3.88, 0.049 |
| Yes | 31 | 39.2% | 48 | 60.8% | ||
| Crack cocaine | No | 129 | 54.2% | 109 | 45.8% | 1.11, 0.29 |
| Yes | 62 | 48.4% | 66 | 51.6% | ||
| Methamphetamine | No | 58 | 58.0% | 42 | 42.0% | 8.89, < 0.01 |
| Yes | 110 | 40.0% | 165 | 60.0% | ||
| Heroin/Fentanyl | No | 88 | 58.7% | 62 | 41.3% | 18.20, < 0.001 |
| Yes | 80 | 36.2% | 141 | 63.8% | ||
1Pearson’s Chi-squared test statistic and p-value
2Due to small cell size, Yates continuity correction applied to Chi-squared test
3Sample sizes in each chi do not include n = 404 due to missing responses for awareness or use of each drug