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DRUG USE IN NEW ZEALAND: NATIONAL SURVEYS COMPARISON 1998 & 2001
Chris Wilkins, Sally Casswell, Krishna Bhatta, Megan Pledger
- Alcohol & Public Health Research Unit, May 2002
- CONTENTS - the report is available in pdf format in four sections:
- SECTION 1
- SECTION 2
- SECTION 3
- SECTION 4
The full contents are listed below
Acknowledgements
Summary
Introduction
Survey Methodology
- 1. Alcohol
- Patterns of heavier drinking
- Self-reported concern with drinking
- Age at first use
- 2. Tobacco
- Past and present use of tobacco
- Level of tobaco use
- Perceptions of tobacco use
- Age at first use
- 3. Cannabis
- Marijuana
- Changes in marijuana use
- Opportunity to use marijuana
- Other types of cannabis: hashish, hash oil and skunk
- 4. Context of marijuana use
- Location of marijuana use
- Driving and marijuana
- Sharing marijuana
- 5. Marijuana supply
- Price and availability of marijuana
- 6. Perceptions of marijuana
- Perceptions of risk of harm from using marijuana
- Attitudes to marijuana use
- 7. Harmful effects identified from use of marijuana and alcohol
- Harmful effects
- Harmful effects identified by more frequent marijuana users
- Barriers to help
- 8. Other drugs
- Hallucinogens
- Stimulants
- Opiates
- Other drugs and needles
- 9. Multiple Drug Use
- Multiple use of any drugs
- Multiple use of illegal drugs
- 10.Concern About Drugs
- Community concerns
- Perception of drug law enforcement against illegal drugs
- References
- Appendix 1: Survey Methodology
- Sampling methods
- Interviewing methods
- Response rates
- Ethical issues
- Weighting and design effect
- Comparison of samples with Census populations
- Statistical accuracy and statistical analyses
Appendix 2: Tables
Appendix 3: Interview Schedule