Table 4.

Policing interactions by risky injection drug use

	Total sample		Non Risky Injection Drug Use		Risky Injection Drug Use
	(n = 154)		(n = 88) (57.1 %)		(n = 66) (42.9 %)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Has fear of police ever caused a hurried or rushed injection	98	63.6 %	49	55.7 %	49	74.2 %*
Have the police ever demanded money to buy back drugs that have been confiscated	46	29.9 %	23	26.1 %	23	34.8 %
Have you ever been beaten or tortured by police	74	48.1 %	37	42.0 %	37	56.1 %
Have the police ever planted drugs on you	43	27.9 %	24	27.3 %	19	28.8 %
Have police ever taken your syringes	79	51.3 %	39	44.3 %	40	60.6 %†
Have you ever avoided carrying syringes for fear of the police	107	69.5 %	58	65.9 %	49	74.2 %
In the past 6 months, how many times has your boat or the place you were working been raided by the police? (mean, sd)	3.67, 10.7		2.4, 4.5		5.3, 15.5†

^amissingness due to non-response

** p <0.01; * p <0.05; † p < 0.1