The Global Drug Survey 2015 findings
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An overview of our key findings.
Dr Adam R Winstock, Founder Director GDS
Well, first, just how generous were people with their time?
We estimate that over the duration of the study (Nov–Dec 2014) over 100,000 people spent in excess of:
- four million minutes, or
- 67,000 hours, or
- 2,800 days, or
- 400 weeks, or
- 7.5 years sharing their drug use experiences with us.
So a HUGE thanks to you all. GDS does not exist without you.
I also want to acknowledge the unbelievable help that all our partners and the academic network and harm reduction groups around the world provide with revising and translating the survey then working so closely with all our media partners. In particular, I want to acknowledge the vital role that Dr Jason Ferris, our chief biostats man, has provided with the analysis and production of reports. Thanks mate.
Well, working our way from the more common to less commonly used drugs these are some of interesting things we found out.
Alcohol
Ireland’s reputation for hea...
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