Flash Eurobarometer 493 (Impact of Drugs on Communities)

The impact of drugs on communities.<br>Topics: assessment of people using or dealing drugs in the personal local area as a serious problem; problems associated with people using or dealing drugs in the personal local area: drugs being too easily available, people taking hard drugs, people smoking cannabis in public places, children and teenagers taking drugs, drug dealers or users being intimidating to local people, conflict and violence in the community related to drug use, domestic violence related to drug use, traffic accidents related to drug use, poverty and unemployment related to drug use; importance of drug use with regard to each of the following types of crime in the personal local area: youth crime, stealing / theft and burglary, violent crime and murder, corruption and lack of trust in public officials and institutions; development of the problems caused by drugs in the personal local area in the last few years; impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of illegal drugs in the personal local area and on drug problems in the personal local area; attitude towards the following statements regarding the availability and the use of drugs: make respondent feel unsafe near his / her home or school or place of work, have a negative impact on personal relationships, have a negative impact on personal health and well-being, are central to reducing the overall quality of life in the personal local area; assessment of the impact of online drug sales on the problems in the personal local area; assessment of the severeness of health problems caused by cannabis; attitude towards the allowance of cannabis for: neither medical nor recreational use, medical use only under medical prescription, medical use only without prescription, both medical and recreational use for adults; personal use of cannabis; difficulty to obtain the following substances within 24 hours: cannabis, cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), heroin, legal highs; attitude towards banning the sale of the aforementioned substances.

Demography: age; sex; nationality; type of community; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; type of phone line; region; nation group; weighting factor.