Drug paraphernalia | Responding services (N) | 2018 | 2021 | Median change (1st; 3rd Quartile) | Median changeb (%) |
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Median (1st; 3rd Quartile) | Median (1st; 3rd Quartile) | ||||
Syringes (regardless of size; excluding low-dead-space syringes) | 82 | 6917 (1341; 30,752) | 4794 (975; 20,150) | −328 (−7175; 1000) | −18* (p = 0.04) |
Needles (regardless of size) | 79 | 10,648 (2506; 46,647) | 7600 (2000; 33,600) | −761 (−10,554; 1000) | −12 (p = 0.11) |
Low-dead-space items | 6 | 9158 (1900; 31,604) | 9643 (750; 48,513) | + 3885 (438; 40,434) | + 193 (p = 0.22) |
Filters | 40 | 4422 (1075; 24,262) | 4250 (1016; 13,912) | 0 (−2850; 964) | 0 (p = 0.64) |
Spoons | 40 | 1856 (463; 9174) | 2000 (488; 7200) | 0 (−1614; 863) | 0 (p = 0.88) |
Pipesa | 4 | 375 (325; 400) | 900 (718; 2730) | + 600 (355; 2443) | + 214 (p = 0.13) |
Sniff tubes | 12 | 596 (200; 3375) | 400 (260; 1443) | −125 (−695; 185) | −22 (p = 0.39) |