Total, n=190, n (%) | Synthetic cannabinoid, n=146, n (%) | Synthetic cannabinoid and additional substance, n=23, n (%) | Synthetic cathinone, n=6, n (%) | Synthetic cathinone and additional substance, n=11, n (%) | Nitrous oxide, n=4, n (%) | |
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Male | 158 (83) | 125 (86) | 19 (83) | 2 (33) | 10 (91) | 2 (50) |
Age ≤34 years | 108 (59) | 81 (56) | 10 (48) | 5 (84) | 8 (72) | 4 (100) |
Deceased | 15 (8) | 11 (8) | 4 (17) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Employment/housing status | ||||||
Unemployeda | 57 (39) | 43 (36) | 11 (58) | 1 (25) | 2 (67) | 0 (0) |
Homeless | 35 (24) | 30 (25) | 5 (26) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Student | 15 (10) | 9 (8) | 1 (5) | 3 (75) | 1 (33) | 1 (50) |
Past medical history | ||||||
Drug abuse | 82 (53) | 62 (51) | 15 (75) | 1 (25) | 4 (57) | 0 (0) |
Alcohol abuse | 41 (26) | 35 (29) | 6 (30) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Mental health | 67 (43) | 51 (42) | 11 (55) | 1 (25) | 4 (57) | 0 (0) |
Epilepsy/seizures | 23 (15) | 18 (15) | 3 (15) | 0 (0) | 2 (29) | 0 (0) |
↵aExcluding homeless. Percentages are a function of available data, further breakdown in supplementary material S1.