Drug Harm Prevention Survey

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

Yes

No

Undecided

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

No

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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