2425|THE SOCIAL PERCEPTION OF DRUGS IN THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID

— Problems of the Community of Madrid that, the Autonomous Administration, should consider as the most important. — Perception of the seriousness of the drug problem in the Community of Madrid. Comparison with the rest of the Autonomous Communities. — Autonomous community that, according to the interviewee, has more drug problems. — More important measures that could be carried out by the Administration in relation to the drug problem. — Personal concern about the drug problem. — Measure with which I would most agree with regarding the legalisation of drugs. The main reason why it would justify, if applicable, the legalisation of drugs. — Opinion on whether the degree of information on drugs in the Community of Madrid has worsened or improved. Aspects in which it has improved or worsened. — Knowledge of different drugs and the effects that cause their use. Evaluation of the use of these drugs in the last 5 years. — Opinion on the alterations in the behavior of individuals that causes the consumption of drugs. — Opinion on whether tobacco and alcohol are drugs. — Knowledge about what is “polyconsumption” (consumption of several drugs at the same time) and perception of the evolution of its consumption in the last 5 years. — Perception about the drug user. — Agreement with different phrases on the problem of drugs. — Characteristics that associates people who use marijuana or hashish, cocaine and heroin. — Opinion on the existence of a link between violence and drugs. — Opinion on whether the drug addict who commits a crime should go to jail. Why you shouldn't go to jail if you think it depends on the crime. — Attitude to the assumptions that he had to share consultation in his health center with a drug addict and that a center was set up to care for drug addicts in his neighborhood. — Existence in the vicinity of your home of a drug-dependent center. In case there is a centre close to home: initial attitude he adopted when the current center and attitude was installed. — Attitude towards drug addicts. — Participation in associations to care for drug addicts. — Opinion on who is responsible for the care of the drug dependent. — Knowledge of institutions that deal with the drug problem, name of one of those you remember. — Knowledge of the Anti-Drug Agency, its scope of action, functions, assistance resources and prevention programs. Evaluation of the work carried out by this Agency and the effectiveness of its work. — Opinion on the work that the Agency is neglecting and that could help solve the drug problem in the Community of Madrid. — Knowledge of the National Drug Plan and the Municipal Drug Plan. — Evaluation of the care that the drug addict has in the Community of Madrid. — Opinion on whether the attention to the drug dependent has improved or worsened and perception of the years since that situation occurs. — Knowledge of the Venopunción Assistance Device (DAVE) and the narcosalas. Assessment of the importance of its implementation. Knowledge of the places where they are installed. Evaluation of the information that has been given to the citizens of Madrid about its implementation and the social debate generated by the opening of these sanitary devices. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Vote recall in the last regional elections of June 1999.