Consumer expectations, drug effects, price and purity of heroin and cocaine purchased at drug consumption rooms

Original research
by
Dahm, Georges et al

Release Date

2023

Geography

Europe

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Yes

Peer Reviewed

Yes

Objective

Despite the support and mentoring, only sparse information is available about how drug quality, drug prices and user expectations match at these locations. The present study reports analysis of these three parameters in two drug consumption rooms in Luxembourg.

Findings/Key points

Most consumers were looking for the relaxing/calming effects of heroin and the stimulating effects of cocaine, but they generally overestimated heroin potency and underestimated cocaine potency. No strong correlation based on Spearman’s ρ between drug user estimations, drug prices and drug quality was found.

Design/methods

513 drug samples

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Keywords

Drug checking