Mixmag Drug Survey Results Released

15,500 drug users have responded to the latest annual drugs survey by Mixmag and the Guardian and revealed themselves to be ‘broadly happy with the amount they used. (Guardian).

30% admitted experimenting with a new drug in the last 12 months,” the survey revealed, with 70% of those obtaining their narcotic from a friend.

The massive new study singled about MDMA, cannabis, ketamine, mephedrone and cocaine as the five commonest club drugs of the year with additional categories for MDMA, mephedrone and cocaine, including average pricing information.

While a gram of MDMA cost £40, pills sold for either £3 for basic or £10 for ‘premium’ and mephedrone doubled in price from £10 to £20 after being criminalized. Cocaine instead cost £40 a gram for regular and £50 for ‘premium’ quality with users typically sniffing surprisingly large quantities..

“54% of regular clubbers have taken cocaine in the past 12 months,” Mixmag reported, “Most users take one gram in one session.”

The survey also noted that ‘14.6% have snorted or ingested a ‘mystery powder’, prompting concern from Maryon Stewart, founder of drugs education charity the Angelus Foundation.

Ms Stewart set up Angelus in memory of her daughter Hestor who died in 2009 after falling into a coma as a result of mixing half a dose of GBL with a small amount of alcohol.

"This MixMag survey paints an even more alarming picture than we suspected,” she told the Guardian, “The heavy use of these drugs by clubbers has already seeped out in to the rest of young people's normal lives, where these unknown drugs are easily accessible. The case for an education campaign is unanswerable."

Guardian writer Zoe Williams echoed her call for more education though pleaded for realistic messages, ‘crucially, health warnings that sound plausible’.

“Nobody thinks that smoking a joint is the road to ruin. Nobody thinks that it would be impossible to take coke on a Saturday night and go to work on a Monday morning,” she said.

“People are much more interested in evidence than they are in authority.” (http://bit.ly/zWLPA2 )

http://angelusfoundation.com (‘Angelus Foundation: Legal highs and other harmful social substances are responsible for the death and long-term damage of too many young people in the UK. Through dedicated research, education and advocacy, The Angelus Foundation strives to highlight these risks and encourage young people to make informed, responsible choices and lead safer lives . . .’)

http://globaldrugsurvey.com/