RaveSafe Survey Data - December 2000 to February 2001

The following survey data was collected by RaveSafe volunteers at the three raves in Johannesburg during the period December 2000 to February 2001. Survey forms were completed by people walking past the stand where our information is distributed. Generally responses were unsolicited.

Sample number n = 80

Gender breakdown: 61 Males, 19 Females

Average age = 22.825, youngest 15, oldest 38

Education profile (current or complete):

High School	31
Tech/College	22
Trade	6
University	18
Post Graduate	3

The following matrix shows the Drug Use patterns found, ranked by overall popularity. Note these numbers do not imply current use, the subjects were asked if they had ever used any of these drugs.

	Total	Daily	Weekly	Monthly	Occasionally	Once only
MDMA	70	0	16	27	25	2
LSD	59	1	9	6	32	11
Cannabis	59	17	13	9	18	2
Poppers	36	1	5	5	22	3
Nicotine	35	30	4	0	1	0
Cocaine	26	1	3	3	9	9
Diet Pills	25	1	0	5	14	5
Ephedrine	25	0	2	5	14	4
Mushrooms	18	0	1	2	11	4
Speed	16	0	2	0	6	8
Crack	10	0	0	2	0	8
GHB	10	0	0	1	4	5
Mandrax	10	0	1	0	3	6
Ketamine	7	0	1	0	3	3
Rohypnol	7	1	0	1	1	4
Herion	6	1	0	0	1	4
Khat	5	0	1	0	1	3
Ritalin	4	0	1	0	3	0
2CB	2	0	0	0	2	0
Wellconal	1	0	0	0	0	1

Long Term side effects of drug use

Subjects were asked to indicate the long term effects of their drug use, using a multiple choice list. This was based on the most popular answers we have received in past surveys. These were then categorised into positive and negative categories, and then summed up for the above sample. Some were not categorised, for example weight loss.

Positive points: 140
Negative points: 217

 

Prepared and presented by Bruce Gillespie. 4th April 2001

Many thanks to the volunteers who collected this data.

 

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