Street Drug Trends Survey 2016

50% of survey complete.

For the last 10 years, Druglink magazine has carried out an annual Street Drug Trends survey - an attempt to get a snapshot view of the drug scene in 20 UK towns and cities. We contact frontline agencies, police forces, drug action teams, criminal justice workers and drug user groups in order to build up a picture of what has been happening in the UK’s drug market in the last 12 months.

DrugScope is now gathering information for the 2014 Street Drug Trends Survey. As we have done recently, as well as our individual service calls, we are opening up the survey to include services operating in any UK town or city. We are interested to learn about any changes to your local drug scene – drug prices, the way drugs are sold, how they are used, who is using them etc. Please give as much information as you are able to.

Thank you very much for your help with this research. An analysis will be published January when Druglink is re-launched as a web-based magazine.

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* Name:

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* Your service/organisation name:

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* Your job title:

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* What part of the country does your service cover?

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* Is your organisation:

a) an adult drug treatment service?

b) a young people’s drug treatment service?

c) an education/prevention service?

d) a Drug and Alcohol Action Team or similar body?

e) a service user group?

f) a generic service (eg healthcare, homelessness) which helps drug users?

g) a university or research centre?

h) a criminal justice agency; probation service, adult prison or young offender institution?

i) a law enforcement agency?

f) Other (please specify)

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* Please find below a list of substances and weights. If a drug is listed but is not used much in your area, please write ‘NA’. We are only interested in getting average street prices for the most commonly bought quantity of a drug: e.g. gram of cocaine, bag of heroin, 1-10 ecstasy pills. We will not be publishing local prices – although we will be compiling them for our own information

Herbal Cannabis (standard quality) per quarter ounce

Herbal Cannabis (high strength eg 'skunk') per quarter ounce

Resin Cannabis per quarter ounce

Heroin per bag (average weight in grams)

Heroin per bag (average price)

Cocaine per gram

Crack per rock (average weight in grams)

Crack per rock (average price)

Ecstasy/MDMA per pill/crystal/powder

Amphetamine per gram

Ketamine per gram

Mephedrone per gram

Any other drug? If a drug is used to significant extent in your area and is not on the list please add it in and give price - e.g. synthetic cannabinoids, GHB/GBL, prescription drugs (inc drugs like tramadol, benzopdiazpines, pregabalin and gabapentin), mushrooms, methamphetamine, performance enhancing drugs like anabolic steroids

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* What changes have you seen in the past year in respect of:

a) Types of drugs available?

b) Ways drugs are taken?

c) Ways drugs are purchased?

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* Are you willing to be contacted in order to have a more detailed discussion? If so, please include your contact details below along with any information about when it is best to reach you.