Table 2.

CONNECT participants experience with and attitudes towards drug use, OPS, and other harm reduction interventions stratified by OPS support in Baltimore, Maryland (N = 135)

	Total	Support OPS in neighborhood		p-value
	(N = 135)	No (n = 47; 35%)	Yes (n = 88; 65%)
	Col %	Row %	Row %
Attitudes towards people who use drugs
Should be arrested	60 (44.4)	26 (43.3)	34 (56.7)	0.063
Are dangerous	77 (57.0)	36 (46.8)	41 (53.2)	0.001
Deserve respect	107 (79.3)	37 (34.6)	70 (65.4)	0.911
Deserve access to treatment	129 (95.6)	42 (32.6)	87 (67.4)	0.011
Workplace exposures
Some or all people entering the business use drugs	122 (91.7)	41 (33.6)	81 (66.4)	0.195
Perceived drugs commonly used around workplace+
Opioids (fentanyl, heroin, pills)	107 (84.3)	30 (28.0)	77 (72.0)	0.018
Stimulants (cocaine, crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine)	98 (77.2)	29 (29.6)	69 (70.4)	0.233
Workplace drug exposure scale components +
Found drugs	63 (48.1)	19 (30.2)	44 (69.8)	0.331
Found drug paraphernalia	65 (49.6)	21 (32.3)	44 (67.7)	0.625
Seen drug use	87 (66.4)	26 (29.9)	61 (70.1)	0.130
Seen drug dealing	90 (68.7)	30 (33.3)	60 (66.7)	0.716
Asked somebody to leave or banned them due to drug use	82 (61.2)	26 (31.7)	56 (68.3)	0.305
Called 911 due to drug use or overdose	46 (34.3)	15 (32.6)	31 (67.4)	0.665
Witnessed an overdose in or around business+	61 (46.6)	15 (24.6)	46 (75.4)	0.024
Exposure to harm reduction interventions
Heard of naloxone	94 (69.6)	28 (29.8)	66 (70.2)	0.063
Had naloxone in business	35 (37.6)	8 (22.9)	27 (77.1)	0.255
Any employees trained to administer naloxone	44 (48.9)	10 (22.7)	34 (77.3)	0.171
Ever administered naloxone	10 (7.6)	2 (20.0)	8 (80.0)	0.493
Heard of OPS before this study	56 (41.5)	15 (26.8)	41 (73.2)	0.142

⁺past 6 months