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. 2018 Jan 5;15:1. doi: 10.1186/s12954-017-0205-7

Table 3.

Attitudes of drug users towards testing

Total % (n)
Concern about drug content and/or purity (n = 460)
 Not at all/A little 47.2 (217)
 Somewhat/A lot 52.8 (243)
Attempts to find out about drug content and/or purity (n = 462)
 Never 37.2 (172)
 Occasionally 29.0 (134)
 Often 19.5 (90)
 Always 14.3 (66)
Likelihood of using a free drug checking service (n = 447)
 Not likely at all 13.0 (58)
 Somewhat likely 32.7 (146)
 Highly likely 54.4 (243)
What methods have you used to attempt to find out about the content and purity of illicit drugs you take? (Multiple answers possible) (n = 453)
 Friends 78.6 (356)
 Dealers 36.2 (164)
 Websites 35.8 (162)
 Personal previous experience 43.5 (197)
 Personal use of drug testing kit 5.7 (26)
 Other’s use of drug testing kit 6.4 (29)
 None 13.9 (63)