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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Drug Policy. 2019 Jul 23;73:81–87. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.07.005

Table 2.

Self-reported prevalence of past-year drug use and self-report of drug-related adverse effects

Prevalence of Past-Year Use % (n) Prevalence of Drug Mentioned Within Adverse Outcomes % (n) Prevalence of Adverse Outcome Relative to Past-Year Use % Only One Drug Used Before Adverse Outcome % (n) Multiple Drugs Used Before Adverse Outcome % (n)
Alcohol 81.1 (834) 67.8 (283) 33.9 61.5 (174) 38.5 (109)
Marijuana 71.5 (736) 37.2 (172) 23.4 57.6 (99) 42.4 (73)
Ecstasy/MDMA/Molly 41.1 (423) 14.9 (86) 20.3 52.3 (45) 47.7 (41)
Cocaine 34.0 (350) 11.4 (88) 25.1 44.3 (39) 55.7 (49)
LSD 23.1(238) 10.0 (46) 19.3 43.5 (20) 56.5 (26)
Shrooms (psilocybin) 21.4 (220) 3.8 (24) 10.9 75.0 (18) 25.0 (6)
Ketamine 16.1(166) 5.0 (32) 19.3 43.8 (14) 56.3 (18)
Poppers (amyl/butyl nitrates) 14.5 (149) 1.8(13) 8.7 92.3 (12) 7.7 (1)
Amphetamine 14.5 (149) 7.8 (29) 19.5 62.1 (18) 37.9 (11)
Prescription Opioids 9.9 (102) 7.7 (42) 41.2 90.5 (38) 9.5 (4)
Benzodiazepines 7.8 (78) 2.8 (18) 23.1 66.7 (12) 33.3 (6)
GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) 4.6 (47) 1.3 (5) 10.6 80.0 (4) 20.0 (1)
Synthetic Cathinones (“Bath Salts”) 3.8 (39) 0.9 (7) 17.9 85.7 (6) 14.3 (1)
Methamphetamine 3.8 (39) 1.4 (8) 20.5 62.5 (5) 37.5 (3)
DMT (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine) 2.8 (28) 0.2 (4) 14.3 100.0 (4) 0.0 (0)
Synthetic Cannabinoids 2.5 (25) 0.2 (3) 12.0 100.0 (3) 0.0 (0)
2C Series 2.5 (25) 0.1 (3) 12.0 66.7 (2) 33.3 (1)
Other MDx (other than MDMA) 2.4 (24) 0.8 (4) 16.7 75.0 (3) 25.0 (1)
PCP (Phencyclidine) 1.9 (20) 0.3 (3) 15.0 66.7 (2) 33.3 (1)
Novel Dissociatives 1.5 (15) 1.2 (4) 26.7 100.0 (4) 0.0 (0)
Unknown powder 1.2 (12) 0.1 (2) 16.7 100.0 (2) 0.0 (0)
NBOMe 0.9 (9) 0.1 (2) 22.2 50.0 (1) 50.0 (1)
Fentanyl, its Analogs, & New Opioids 0.8 (8) 0.1 (4) 50.0 100.0 (4) 0.0 (0)
Heroin 0.7 (7) 0.8 (6) 85.7 66.7 (4) 33.3 (2)

Note. Prevalence of use of opioids, amphetamine, and benzodiazepines refers to nonmedical use.