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Public opinions about supervised smoking facilities for crack cocaine and other stimulants

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Title
Public opinions about supervised smoking facilities for crack cocaine and other stimulants
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, February 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13011-016-0052-7
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Carol Strike, Nooshin Khobzi Rotondi, Tara Marie Watson, Gillian Kolla, Ahmed M. Bayoumi

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to estimate awareness and opinions about supervised smoking facilities (SSFs) for smoking crack cocaine and other stimulants and make comparisons with awareness and opinions about supervised injection facilities (SIFs) in Ontario, Canada. We used data from a 2009 telephone survey of a representative adult sample. The survey asked about awareness of, and level of support for, the implementation of SSFs and SIFs. Data were analysed using statistical models for complex survey data, which account for stratified sampling and incorporate sampling weights. A total of 1035 participated in the survey. Significantly fewer had knowledge about SSFs (17.9 %) than about SIFs (57.6 %). Fewer strongly agreed with implementation of SSFs (19.6 %) than SIFs (28.3 %). Just over half (51.1 %) of participants somewhat agreed or disagreed, 15.7 % strongly agreed, and 10.6 % strongly disagreed with implementing both SSFs and SIFs. Members of the public in Ontario had little knowledge of SSFs compared to SIFs. Recent federal government changes in Canada may provide the leadership environment necessary to ensure that innovative, evidence-based harm reduction programs such as SSFs are developed and implemented.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 52 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 27%
Researcher 5 10%
Student > Bachelor 5 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 8%
Other 3 6%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 14 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 13%
Social Sciences 7 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 13%
Psychology 5 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 4%
Other 5 10%
Unknown 19 37%
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#18,443,697
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#611
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#11
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