Drug Harm Prevention Survey

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* 1. Do you support pill testing (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing) at all music festivals?

Yes

Undecided

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* 2. Do you support the idea of pill testing (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing) at other events where young people gather and are likely to be consuming recreational drugs eg night clubs, raves, schoolies week?

Yes

Undecided

Questions 4 to 9 ask for your opinions as to the outcomes of pill testing and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing at music festivals.

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* 3. What impact do you think this will have on harms and deaths associated with recreational drug taking at music festivals?

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

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* 4. If pills/drugs are shown to contain only what the young person expected, how do you think this will affect their likelihood of taking them?

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

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* 5. If the drugs are shown to be more risky than expected, how do you think this will affect their likelihood of taking them?

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

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* 6. What impact do you think this will have on risky behaviour associated with recreational drug taking in general ie beyond that of just the festival itself?

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

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* 7. What impact do you think this will have on societal permissiveness towards taking recreational drugs?

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

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* 8. What impact do you think this will have on young people's perception of the risks associated with drug use at festivals?

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

greatly increase

moderately increase

neither increase nor decrease

moderately decrease

greatly decrease

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* 9. Do you think pill testing (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing) at music festivals will encourage or discourage young people to take recreational drugs taking at music festivals?

greatly encourage

moderately encourage

neither encourage nor discourage

moderately discourage

greatly discourage

greatly encourage

moderately encourage

neither encourage nor discourage

moderately discourage

greatly discourage

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* 10. What is your opinion of the following harm reduction strategies at music festivals?

	strongly support	moderately support	neither support nor oppose	moderately opposed	strongly opposed
Police sniffer dogs	Police sniffer dogs strongly support	Police sniffer dogs moderately support	Police sniffer dogs neither support nor oppose	Police sniffer dogs moderately opposed	Police sniffer dogs strongly opposed
Police body searches	Police body searches strongly support	Police body searches moderately support	Police body searches neither support nor oppose	Police body searches moderately opposed	Police body searches strongly opposed
No police presence	No police presence strongly support	No police presence moderately support	No police presence neither support nor oppose	No police presence moderately opposed	No police presence strongly opposed
Free drinking water	Free drinking water strongly support	Free drinking water moderately support	Free drinking water neither support nor oppose	Free drinking water moderately opposed	Free drinking water strongly opposed
Strong and visible police presence	Strong and visible police presence strongly support	Strong and visible police presence moderately support	Strong and visible police presence neither support nor oppose	Strong and visible police presence moderately opposed	Strong and visible police presence strongly opposed
Low-level, non-confrontational police presence	Low-level, non-confrontational police presence strongly support	Low-level, non-confrontational police presence moderately support	Low-level, non-confrontational police presence neither support nor oppose	Low-level, non-confrontational police presence moderately opposed	Low-level, non-confrontational police presence strongly opposed
Pill testing facilities (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing)	Pill testing facilities (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing) strongly support	Pill testing facilities (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing) moderately support	Pill testing facilities (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing) neither support nor oppose	Pill testing facilities (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing) moderately opposed	Pill testing facilities (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing) strongly opposed
Medical facilities with sufficient equipment and staff to deal with drug overdoses/poisoning	Medical facilities with sufficient equipment and staff to deal with drug overdoses/poisoning strongly support	Medical facilities with sufficient equipment and staff to deal with drug overdoses/poisoning moderately support	Medical facilities with sufficient equipment and staff to deal with drug overdoses/poisoning neither support nor oppose	Medical facilities with sufficient equipment and staff to deal with drug overdoses/poisoning moderately opposed	Medical facilities with sufficient equipment and staff to deal with drug overdoses/poisoning strongly opposed

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* 11. Why do you think the federal govt (and some state govts) are opposed to pill testing? Choose all that apply

They do not want to encourage recreational drug taking

It is unpopular with their voters

They are driven by an ideology rather than practical reality

They feel that the principle of the matter outweighs the risks to the individual young people

They feel that the larger risks to society by supporting pill testing outweighs the risks to those who might be harmed due to the absence of it

They have a deeper insight into what our society needs

They have a deeper insight into what young people need

They are out of step with popular opinion

They are not concerned about popular opinion so much as the interest groups that they feel obligated to

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* 12. What further information do you require about pill testing? Choose all that apply.

More general information

Specifics on how it could be implemented in Australia

The scientific findings so far

Drug Harm Prevention Survey

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* 1. Do you support pill testing (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing) at all music festivals?

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* 2. Do you support the idea of pill testing (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing) at other events where young people gather and are likely to be consuming recreational drugs eg night clubs, raves, schoolies week?

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* 3. What impact do you think this will have on harms and deaths associated with recreational drug taking at music festivals?

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* 4. If pills/drugs are shown to contain only what the young person expected, how do you think this will affect their likelihood of taking them?

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* 5. If the drugs are shown to be more risky than expected, how do you think this will affect their likelihood of taking them?

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* 6. What impact do you think this will have on risky behaviour associated with recreational drug taking in general ie beyond that of just the festival itself?

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* 7. What impact do you think this will have on societal permissiveness towards taking recreational drugs?

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* 8. What impact do you think this will have on young people's perception of the risks associated with drug use at festivals?

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* 9. Do you think pill testing (and the associated counselling that occurs at the time of testing) at music festivals will encourage or discourage young people to take recreational drugs taking at music festivals?

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* 10. What is your opinion of the following harm reduction strategies at music festivals?

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* 11. Why do you think the federal govt (and some state govts) are opposed to pill testing? Choose all that apply

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* 12. What further information do you require about pill testing? Choose all that apply.

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* 13. What is your profession?

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