Table 2:
Prevalence of perceptions of fentanyl and drug overdose risk behaviors among people who use opioids
| Heard of fentanyl (n=316) | |
| Yes | 301 (95.3) |
| No | 15 (4.7) |
| Perceived prevalence of fentanyl in heroin (n=301) | N (%) |
| None (0%) | 2 (0.0) |
| Some (25%) | 53 (17.6) |
| About half (50%) | 76 (25.2) |
| Most (75%) | 129 (42.9) |
| All (100%) | 40 (13.3) |
| Don’t know | 1 (0.0) |
| Worried about a drug buddy overdosing on fentanyl (n=301) | |
| Not at all worried | 22 (7.3) |
| Just a little worried | 54 (17.9) |
| Quite a bit worried | 86 (28.6) |
| Very worried | 139 (46.2) |
| Need more training before feel confident to help someone who has overdosed (n=316) | |
| Strong disagree | 17 (5.4) |
| Disagree | 111 (35.1) |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 19 (6.0) |
| Agree | 116 (36.7) |
| Strongly agree | 53 (16.8) |
| Prescribed or provided Naloxone (n=316) | |
| Yes | 208 (65.8) |
| No | 108 (34.2) |
| Frequency carry Narcan (n=316) | |
| Never | 174 (55.1) |
| Rarely | 30 (9.5) |
| Sometimes | 55 (17.4) |
| Often | 26 (8.2) |
| Always | 31 (8.8) |
| Frequency of having Narcan present when injecting (n=208) | |
| Never | 65 (31.3) |
| Rarely | 73 (35.1) |
| Sometimes | 44 (21.2) |
| Often | 15 (7.2) |
| Always | 11 (5.3) |
| Frequency of injecting alone (n=210) | |
| Never | 18 (8.6) |
| Rarely | 40 (19.0) |
| Sometimes | 44 (21.0) |
| Often | 79 (37.6) |
| Always | 29 (13.8) |
| Willing to talk with people in their neighborhood about fentanyl (n=301) | |
| Very willing | 142 (47.2) |
| Somewhat willing | 99 (32.9) |
| Neither willing nor unwilling | 30 (10.0) |
| Somewhat unwilling | 14 (4.7) |
| Very unwilling | 16 (5.3) |