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Wednesday 31 March 2010

Drug Survey from ABC's Hungry Beast

An interesting survey was commissioned by the ABC TV show, Hungry Beast. I have included some brief technical details and the questions. Go to the Hungry Beast website for the answers.

Enjoy.


Drugs Survey
Conducted for Hungry Beast 
February 2010 

Aimee Whiting 
Research Consultant 
McNair Ingenuity Research 
Level 4, 270 Pacific Hwy  
Crows Nest NSW 2065 

The questionnaire consisted of closed-ended questions about using illegal drugs and people’s attitudes to illegal drugs in Australian society.

Overall, 1008 adults in Australia were surveyed via an online survey between 25th February and 1st March 2010. 

According to Dr Jon Krosnick of Stamford University, a leading analyst of comparative research design, in a paper published in December 2008 (National Surveys Via RDD Telephone Interviewing vs. the Internet: Comparing Sample Representativeness and Response Quality), online respondent can be more accurate and more honest than when responding to many other survey methods. A sample size of 1000 means a margin of error of +/-1.4 – +/-3.10 at the 95% confidence level. When looking at sub-samples, the margin of error is larger.  

QUESTIONS
   
Q1. To the best of your knowledge, have any of your friends ever tried or used illegal drugs? 

Q2. Have you personally ever tried or used illegal drugs? 

Q3. Have you ever taken or used a prescription drug that was not prescribed for you? 

Q4. Which of the following are reasons why you have tried or used illegal drugs or illegally obtained prescription drugs?  
(please select all that apply) 
a. I took it accidentally/didn’t know I was taking it 
b. my friends were using it, so I thought I’d try it 
c. to be part of a group 
d. because my friends pressured me to use it 
e. to see what it was like / curiosity 
f. to have fun 
g. to help overcome shyness and make social interaction easier 
h. to stay awake 
i. to get to sleep 
j. because I was feeling down/unhappy 
k. to help cope with life 
l. to ease physical pain 
m. to get out of it 
n. because the drug was there 
o. to ease boredom 
p. because I tried it before and I liked it 
q. because I was addicted 
r. it seemed like a good idea at the time 
s. for creative inspiration 
t. to enhance sexual experiences 
u. to enhance other experiences 
v. for spiritual reasons or seeking enlightenment 
w. for research purposes 
x. Other (Specify)________________________ 

Q5. In the last 5 years have you used: (please select all that apply) 
 a. Marijuana? 
 b. Ecstasy (MDMA)? 
 c. Speed (Meth-Amphetamine)? 
 d. Cocaine?  
 e. LSD (Acid)? 
 f. Mephedrone (Meow, “Plant Food”)? 
 g. Any other illegal drug? 
 h. None  

Q6. In the last year have you used: (display only those selected in Q5 and ‘none of the 
above’, please select all that apply) 
 a. Marijuana? 
 b. Ecstasy (MDMA)? 
 c. Speed (Meth-Amphetamine)? 
 d. Cocaine?  
 e. LSD (Acid)? 
 f. Mephedrone (Meow, “Plant Food”)? 
 g. Any other illegal drug? 
 h. None  

Q7. Before now, have you ever considered the effect that your consumption of illegal drugs might have: 
a. on the environment? 
b. on the lives of people involved in the production and supply of that drug? 

Q8. Please rate your agreement with the following statements: 

People who try or use (but do not sell) illegal drugs should have a criminal record 
People who try or use (but do not sell) illegal drugs should go to prison 
Government policies dealing with illegal drug use are effective 
Police resources should be applied to more serious crimes than pursuing people for trying or using small amounts of illegal drugs 
Some illegal drugs cause more harm than others 

The following questions are about decriminalising illegal drug use in Australia. 
By decriminalise,  we mean a situation in which the production, importation, distribution and sale of large amounts of drugs would still be illegal, but the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use would not attract criminal penalties such as prison or a criminal record. 

Q9. If illegal drug use was decriminalised: 
a. Do you think our society would be worse off? 
b. Do you think people would be more likely to try or use drugs? 
c. Would you personally be more likely to try or use drugs? 
d. Do you think people would use drugs more often? 
e. Would you personally use drugs more often? 

Q10. For each of the following drugs, please indicate whether you are in favour or not in favour of that drug being decriminalised for small amounts for personal use.  
Reminder: By decriminalise,  we mean a situation in which the production, importation, distribution and sale of large amounts of drugs would still be illegal, but the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use would not attract criminal penalties such as prison or a criminal record. 
Marijuana 
Ecstasy (MDMA) 
Speed (Meth-Amphetamine) 
Cocaine 
LSD 
Heroin 
All illegal drugs 
No illegal drugs