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Table 3 Substance use history of 154 participants undergoing treatment for cannabis use in New South Wales, Australia

From: The use and effects of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists by New South Wales cannabis treatment clients

Substance use

Total (N = 154)

SCRAs (n = 82)

Cannabis (n = 72)

Comparison of lifetime substance usea

(p-value)

Ever

(%)

3 month

(%)

1 month

(%)

Median

Days/28

n (IQR)

Ever

(%)

3 month

(%)

1 month

(%)

Median

Days/28

n (IQR)

Ever

(%)

3 month

(%)

1 month

(%)

Median

Days/28

n (IQR)

Cannabis

100.0

92.2

84.4

26 (18–28)

100.0

90.2

81.7

21 (4.5–26)

100.0

94.4

87.5

28 (14–28)

-

SCRA

53.2

14.3

10.4

20 (1–28)

100.0

26.8

19.5

20 (1–28)

0

0

0

0

-

Alcohol

96.1

72.1

63.6

5 (2–14)

97.6

76.8

68.3

5 (2–13)

94.4

66.7

58.3

5 (3–14)

0.319

Tobacco

89.6

80.5

78.6

28 (26–28)

90.2

82.9

79.3

28 (25–28)

88.9

77.8

77.8

28 (28–28)

0.783

Amphetamines

79.2

38.3

27.3

4 (1–20)

80.5

35.4

26.8

5 (1–20)

77.8

41.7

27.8

4 (1–11)

0.679

Ecstasy

68.2

14.9

7.1

2 (1–2)

72.0

18.3

7.3

1 (1–2)

63.9

11.1

6.9

2 (1–2)

0.284

Hallucinogens

53.9

3.9

1.9

3 (2–4)

69.5

4.9

2.4

3 (2–3)

36.1

2.8

1.4

3 (3–3)

 < 0.001

Cocaine

51.9

11.0

5.8

2 (2–4)

50.0

7.3

2.4

3 (3–6)

54.2

15.3

9.7

2 (2–5)

0.606

Benzodiazepines—prescribed

39.6

24.7

22.1

3 (2–7)

45.1

29.3

26.8

3 (2–6)

33.3

19.4

16.7

5 (2–7)

0.136

Opioids—prescribed

36.4

23.4

18.8

7 (4–28)

26.8

13.4

9.8

5 (2–15)

47.2

34.7

29.2

10 (5–28)

0.009

Opioids—illicit

28.6

8.4

7.1

2 (1–8)

39.0

12.2

11.0

2 (1–7)

16.7

4.2

2.8

17 (13–21)

0.002

Synthetic stimulants

19.5

2.6

0

0

32.9

3.7

0

0

4.2

1.4

0

0

 < 0.001

Benzodiazepines—illicit

19.5

7.8

7.1

2 (1–4)

25.6

12.2

11.0

2 (1–4)

12.5

2.8

2.8

3 (3–3)

0.040

Inhalants

16.9

0.6

0

0

26.8

0

0

0

5.6

1.4

0

0

 < 0.001

Opioid agonist treatment

7.1

2.7

2.7

28 (28–28)

9.8

3.7

3.7

28 (28–28)

4.2

1.4

1.4

28 (28–28)

0.187

Other

6.5

0.6

0.6

1 (1–1)

9.8

1.2

1.2

1 (1–1)

2.8

0

0

0

0.080

  1. aChi-square test comparisons of SCRA and cannabis groups for ever use of all substances, excluding cannabis and SCRAs