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Appendix 3: Interview Schedule

National Drug Survey—2001

Some questions in this survey are in a different order than actually than actually asked in the National Drug Survey 2001, and not all prompts are included

The survey is introduced with a preamble describing the interview as being about things people do in their spare time including the use of drugs. A series of questions about health related behaviours precede the questions about drug taking.

Section One: Alcohol

Q1. How often would you usually drink any kind of alcohol? This includes low alcohol beer, wine coolers, and home-made alcohol. Please include all occasions even if it is just half a glass.
Responses options range from 6+per day to less than one per year. Options also include “never drinks” or “given up drinking” and “given up drinking because pregnant.”

Q2. Female Please tell me how often you drink 4 or more drinks on any one occasion?

Male Please tell me how often you drink 6 or more drinks on any one occasion?

Q3a. How often do you drink enough to feel drunk?

(or, for those who have given up drinking)

Q3b.How often did you drink enough to feel drunk in the last 12 months?

Q4. Comparing the level of alcohol you are currently using with the level you feel is right for you, would you say you are using…

A lot less than you are happy with
A little less than you are happy with
At about the right level
A little more than you are happy with
A lot more than you are happy with

Q5. Has there ever been a time in the last twelve months when you felt that you should cut down on your drinking?

Yes/No

Q6. In what way, if any, have your drinking habits changed in the last twelve months?

Drinking more
Drinking the same
Drinking less
Stopped drinking

Q7. Now, I’d like to know how your drinking has affected you in the last 12 months. I’ll be asking you about different areas of your life. So has your drinking had any harmful affect on the following areas:

Your friendships and social life
Your health
Your outlook on life
Your home life
Your work or work opportunities
Your financial position
Your energy and vitality
Your children’s health or well-being

Q8. How old were you when you first started drinking alcohol? (Other than just a taste)

Section Two: Demographics

Q9.Now I have some questions about yourself and your household. Could you please tell me your age?

Q10. The gender of respondent is noted by the interviewer.

Q11. Can you please tell me if you are:

A school student
A tertiary student
Working full-time or self employed full time
Working part time or self employed part time
Unemployed
Sick or an invalid
Retired
Parenting, care-giving or doing unpaid work at home

Q12. Could you please tell me if you have ever been in paid employment?

Q13. Could you please describe the main type of work you do or have done?

The responses were coded according to standard occupational classifications developed by Statistics New Zealand.

Q14. Are you the main income earner in your household?

Q15. Could you please describe the type of work the main income earner does (or did in his/her last job)?

Q16. Could you please describe the type of work your partner does (or did in his/her last major job)?

Q17. Can you tell me if you:

Are living with a partner (that is, married or de facto)
Were previously living with a partner (eg. widowed, divorced or separated)
Are single

Q18. What is your highest level of education or job qualification?

No school qualifications
School certificate in 1 or more subjects
UE or Sixth form certificate in 1 or more subjects
Higher school certificate/bursary/scholarship
Trade Certificate
Technicians certificate/Technical Institute qualification
Nurses certificate/diploma
Teachers certificate/diploma
Some degree papers but not a full degree
Degree (University or Tech)

Q19. Can you please tell me how much you earn per week, that is, what you usually have in your hand after taxes?

Q20. How much do you and your partner earn together each week after taxes?

Q21. Could you please tell me which ethnic group you belong to—New Zealand Maori, Pacific Island, New Zealand European, or something else that I can key in? Is there any other ethnic group you belong to?

Q22. How many children aged 5 to 12 years usually live in your household?

Q23. How many children aged 13 to 14 years usually live in your household, include yourself if you are in that age range?

Q24. How many people aged 15 to 45 usually live in your household, include yourself if you are in that age range?

Q25. How many people aged over 45 years usually live in your household?

Section Three: Tobacco

Q26. Have you ever used tobacco at all? Please include cigars and pipes.

Response options include:
A range from never to regularly now.

Q27. How many cigarettes have you smoked in the last 12 months?

Response options include:
A range from not at all to 31 or more per day.

Q28. And how many a day in the last 30 days?

Q29. Comparing the level of tobacco you are currently using with the level that you feel is right for you, would you say you are using…

A lot less than you are happy with
A little less than you are happy with
At about the right level
A little more than you are happy with
A lot more than you are happy with

Q30. How old were you when you first started smoking tobacco?

Q31. How much do you think people risk harming themselves if they try cigarettes once or twice/if they smoke cigarettes occasionally/if they smoke cigarettes regularly?

Response options include:
A range from no risk to great risk.

Section Four: Marijuana

Q32. Have you ever tried marijuana?

Q33. What reasons keep you from using marijuana?

Respondents are prompted for up to five reasons.

Q34.In the past twelve months have you had the opportunity to use marijuana?

Q35. How many times in the last twelve months have you used marijuana?

Response options include:
A range from never through to more than 3 times per day.

Q36. How many times have you ever used marijuana?

Response options include:
A range from never through to 350 or more times.

Q37. Comparing the level of marijuana you are currently using with the level you feel is right for you, would you say you are using…

A lot less than you are happy with
A little less than you are happy with
At about the right level
A little more than you are happy with
A lot more than you are happy with

Q38. To what extent do you feel you need help to reduce your level of marijuana use? Do you feel you need…

Response options range from:
A lot of help to no help at all.

Q39. Have you ever received help to reduce your level of marijuana use?

Q40. Have you ever wanted help to reduce your level of marijuana use but not got it?

Q41. Which of the following barriers, if any, have you come across in trying to get help?

Didn’t know where to go
Fear of the law/police
No time/too busy
Fear of losing friends
Services too expensive
Transport problems
Social pressure to keep using marijuana
Fear of what might happen once contact made the service
No local services available
Services weren’t ongoing
Other

Q42. Compared to a year ago, were you using more, about the same, less, or have you stopped using marijuana?

Q43. So have you stopped using marijuana entirely?

Q44. Could you please tell me the reasons why you use more now.

Codes include:
Can afford more/earn more
It costs less than it did
Easier to get more/more around
Like the effect/it’s fun
Wanted to get a better high
Need more to get the same effect
To forget/escape/cope with problems
New friends
Less fear of the police/law
Social pressure
Religious reasons

Q45. And, what keeps you from using even more marijuana?

Codes include:
Physical health reasons
Mental health reasons
New friends/social scene
Fear of law/police
No longer fun/got boring
Pregnant
Lack of energy/motivation
Job related reasons
Too expensive
Don’t earn enough
No time/too busy
Effects wore off
Fear of addiction
Parental pressure
Family responsibilities/kids
Social pressure
Didn’t like it
Just experimenting
Alcohol is too expensive?
Availability
Religious reasons
Saw bad effect on others
Rather drink alcohol

Q46. (If respondent has stopped using). Could you please tell me why you stopped using marijuana?
Responses are coded according to codes in Q45.

Q47. How much of the marijuana you used was given to you for free?

Response options include:
A range from all to none.

Q48. How much did you grow for your own use?

Response options include:
A range from all to none.

Q49. How much was brought from someone?

Response options include:
A range from all to none.

Q50.(If respondent is using less) Could you tell me why you are using less marijuana now?

Q51.How old were you when you first used marijuana?

Q52. What problems, if any, have you had because of using marijuana?

Codes include:
Cough/chest complaints
Other physical/ health related
Problems with parents
Job problems
In trouble with the law
Relationship problems
Needed counselling/clinic treatment
Loss of motivation/energy
Feelings of paranoia
Blackouts
Memory loss
Financial
Wasting time
Need more to get same effect
Other.

Q53. How many people would you usually share a joint with not including yourself?

Codes include:
Smokes alone through to 16 other people.

Q54. How many joints would you (if smoking alone) smoke on a typical occasion? If you know how many grams you smoked or the amount of cannabis you smoked I can also put input that amount.

Q55. How many joints would the group of [number given in Q53.] smoke on a typical occasion?

Q56. How much of your marijuana use takes place in private homes?

Response options include:
A range from all to none

Q57. How much takes place at work?

Response options include:
A range from all to none

Q58. And how much takes place in public places such as music concerts, on the street, at the beach or park, or at dance parties?

Response options include:
A range from all to none

Q59. How much of your driving would you do while under the influence of marijuana?

Response options include:
A range from all to none

Q60. How often do you try to have marijuana on hand for when you want it?

Response options include:
A range from always to never.

Q61. And how much of the marijuana you use is given to you for free?

Response options include:
A range from all to none

Q62. And how much do you grow for your own use?

Response options include:
A range from all to none

Q63. And how much is bought from someone?

Response options include:
A range from all to none

Q64. Approximately how often did you buy marijuana in the last twelve months?

Response options include:
A range from daily through to once a year.

Q65. How much of the marijuana you bought in the last 12 months was from a tinny house or a bullet house?

Q66.In the last 12 months which of the following amounts of marijuana have you bought?

Response options include:
Joint
Foil/tinnie
$50 bag (4 grams)
Quarter ounce
Third ounce
Half ounce
Ounce
Pound
Other quantity

Q67. And approximately how many [amount specified in Q.76] of marijuana would you buy in a twelve month period?

Q68. And how much would you expect to pay for [amount specified in Q.76] of marijuana?

Q69. So what is the least you would expect to pay for [amount specified in Q76] of marijuana?

Q70. What is the most you would expect to pay for [amount specified in Q76.] of marijuana?

Q71. Is the price you would expect to pay for marijuana higher, lower, or the same as a year ago?

Q72. Is getting marijuana easier, harder, or the same as a year ago?

Q73a. [Respondent still using marijuana] Do you get your marijuana from one person or from a number of different people?
Q73b. [Respondent has stopped using marijuana] Did you get your marijuana from one person or a number of different people?

Response options:
One person
Number of different people
No regular suppliers
Don’t know
Refused

Q74. From what you have heard does your supplier/do your suppliers or has your supplier/ have your suppliers of marijuana sell other drugs?

Q75.Has your supplier/suppliers ever encouraged you to buy drugs other than marijuana from them?

Q76. Did you buy drugs other than marijuana as a result of this encouragement?

Q77. Approximately how many times in the last twelve months do you feel you have been sold lower quality marijuana than you paid for?

Q78. Approximately how many times in the last twelve months have you bought marijuana but found you were sold a worthless substance that was not marijuana?

Q79. Approximately how many times in the last twelve months have you been robbed while buying marijuana?

Q80. Approximately how many times in the last twelve months have you been assaulted while trying to buy marijuana?

Q81. Have you ever used hashish?

Q82. In the last twelve months have you had the opportunity to use hashish?

If no to Q82. go to Q86.

Q83. How many times in the last twelve months have you used hashish?

Q84. How many times have you ever used hashish?

Q85. How many times in the last thirty days have you used hashish?

Q86. Have you ever used hash oil?

Q87. In the last 12 months have you had the opportunity to use hash oil?

If no to Q87. go to Q91.

Q88. How many times in the last twelve months have you used hash oil?

Q89. How many times have you ever used hash oil?

Q90. How many times in the last 30 days have you used hash oil?

Q91. Have you ever used skunkweed (hydroponic/indoor cannabis)?

Q92. In the last twelve months have you had the opportunity to use skunkweed?

If no to Q92. go to Q96.

Q93. How many times have you ever used skunkweed?

Q94. How many times in the last thirty days have you used skunkweed?

Q95. How much of your marijuana use is combined with alcohol?

Q96. Now I’d like to know how smoking marijuana has affected you in the last twelve months and I will be asking about different areas of your life. So in the last twelve months has your use of marijuana had any harmful effect on…

The respondent is asked to respond (yes/no/not applicable) to the following statements:

Your friendships and social life
Your health
Your outlook on life
Your home life
Your work or work opportunities
Your financial position
Your energy and vitality
Your children’s health or well-being

Q97. How generally acceptable do you think it is to smoke marijuana…

At a party
At the beach with friends
When children are around
Before driving
Before work or study

Response options include:
A range from acceptable to everyone through to acceptable to no one.

Q98. How much do you think people risk harming themselves…

If they smoke marijuana once or twice?
If they smoke marijuana occasionally?
If they smoke marijuana regularly?

Response options include:
A range from no risk to great risk.

Q99. And what about the current level of enforcement…

For people caught with marijuana just for their own use?
For those who sell marijuana?
For those who use other illegal drugs?
For those who sell other illegal drugs?

Do you think that the current level of enforcement is…

Response options include:
A range from too heavy to too light.

Q100. And now community problems. I’d like to know how serious you think the following problems are. Please use a scale from 1 to 10 where 1 is not a problem, and 10 is a serious problem. So on a scale from 1 to 10 how seriously do you think cigarette smoking affects the community?

And what about alcohol use?
And what about AIDS (HIV)?
And what about marijuana use?
And other illegal drug use?
And what about solvent abuse (glue sniffing)?


Section Five: Needle Use

Q101. Have you ever used a needle to inject drugs for recreational use?

Q102. How many times in the last 12 months have you used a needle for recreational use?

Q103. How many times have you ever used a needle for recreational use?

Q104. How many times in the last 30 days have you used a needle for recreational use?

Q105. Have you ever shared a needle with someone else?

Q106. Compared to a year ago are you using needles for recreation more, about the same, less, or have you stopped?

Section Six: Other Illicit Drug Use

Q107. Can you tell me which drugs on the following list you have ever tried. I am only interested in the times when you used them for recreational purposes.

Stimulants (uppers, speed, amphetamine, metamphetamine)
Tranquillizers (downers, valium, blues, serepans)
LSD (acid, tabs)
Homebake (bake)
Mushrooms (magic mushrooms, gold tops)

Solvents (glue, petrol, spray paint)
Poppies (opium)
Cocaine (coke, snow, blow)
Crack (freebase)
Tyrosine

Ice (crystal meth)
Ecstasy (‘E’, MDMA)
Morphine (misties)
Heroin (smack, skag, junk)
Other opiates (methadone, pethidine)

Other hallucinogens (psychedelics: PCP, datura)
Ketamine (special K)
Kava
GHB (GBH, Liquid Ecstasy, Fantasy, One 4b)
Rush (Amyl nitrate, Butyl nitrate)
Something else

For each drug the respondent has used from the list above they are asked:

Q108. How many times in the last 12 months have you used [specified drug]?

Q109. How many times have you ever used [specified drug]?

Q110. How many times in the last 30 days have you used [specified drug]?

Q111. Compared to a year ago are you using more, about the same, less, or have you stopped using [specified drug]?

Q112. How many ecstasy pills would you take on a typical occasion?

Q113. How much would you spend on ecstasy on a typical occasion?

Q114. Approximately how many pills would that be?

Q115. Is the price you expect to pay for ecstasy, higher, lower or the same as a year ago?

Q116. Is getting ecstasy easier, harder or the same as a year ago?

Q117. Now I’d like to know how using ecstasy has affected you in the last 12 months and will be asking about different areas of your life. So in the last 12 months has your use of ecstasy had any harmful effect on…

The respondent is asked to respond (yes/no/not applicable) to the following statements:

Your friendships and social life
Your health
Your outlook on life
Your home life
Your work or work opportunities
Your financial position
Your energy and vitality
Your children’s health or well-being

Q118. Approximately how much stimulant do you use on a typical occasion?

Q119. How much would you spend on stimulant on a typical occasion?

Q120. How many grams of stimulant would that be?

Q121. Is the price you expect to pay higher, lower or the same as a year ago?

Q122. Is getting stimulant easier, harder or the same as a year ago?

Q123. Now I’d like to know how using stimulants has affected you in the last 12 months and will be asking about different areas of your life. So in the last 12 months has your use of stimulants had any harmful effect on…

The respondent is asked to respond (yes/no/not applicable) to the following statements:

Your friendships and social life
Your health
Your outlook on life
Your home life
Your work or work opportunities
Your financial position
Your energy and vitality
Your children’s health or well-being

That’s the end of the questions. Thank you very much for helping us with the study, we really appreciated it.

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