Table 2.
Participants’ experience of drugs.
| Regular users | Occasional users | Ex users | Have tried it | Know someone who has used it | No direct experience /Not heard of it | Total able to rate harms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | 2341 | 2472 | 475 | 388 | 54 | 61 | 2341 |
| Amphetamines | 634 | 1236 | 778 | 2653 | 2794 | 3477 | 634 |
| Benzodiazepines | 335 | 792 | 294 | 1281 | 1155 | 1929 | 335 |
| Cannabis: herbal | 2863 | 1302 | 576 | 639 | 243 | 162 | 2863 |
| Cannabis: skunk | 2810 | 1154 | 518 | 570 | 262 | 472 | 2810 |
| Cocaine | 99 | 789 | 506 | 1617 | 1853 | 927 | 99 |
| Ecstasy | 336 | 1353 | 423 | 1332 | 1577 | 765 | 336 |
| Hallucinogens | 1058 | 5202 | 1018 | 7898 | 11606 | 25316 | 14587 |
| Ketamine | 106 | 357 | 106 | 842 | 1739 | 2641 | 106 |
| Nitrous oxide | 126 | 711 | 173 | 1592 | 1016 | 2168 | 12619 |
| Mild stimulants | 3187 | 1524 | 153 | 538 | 113 | 271 | 3187 |
| Opiates | 202 | 441 | 428 | 2168 | 4369 | 9764 | 202 |
| Prescription analgesics | 354 | 952 | 316 | 1783 | 1054 | 1327 | 354 |
| Tobacco | 2107 | 987 | 968 | 1058 | 526 | 145 | 2107 |
| Viagra/Cialis | 43 | 125 | 9 | 412 | 1071 | 4126 | 43 |
‘Mild Stimulants’ = caffeine, khat