Table 3 Survey respondents’ reported source of recently accessed drug market information
Information sourcea | Drug market information | |
|---|---|---|
General drug trends data n (%) | Drug alerts/unexpected market changes n (%) | |
Clients/patients | 103 (74) | 37 (33) |
Professional networks (conversations with colleagues/internal workplace communications) | 102 (73) | 72 (65) |
AOD agencies (responsible for information dissemination) | 84 (60) | 63 (57) |
Harm reduction/peer organisations | 75 (54) | 44 (40) |
Drug institutes (research organisations) | 56 (40) | 21 (19) |
Health/government agencies | 38 (27) | 36 (32) |
Media | 29 (21) | 24 (22) |
Other | 10 (7) | 6 (5) |
Total N | 139 | 111 |