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. 2023 Jun 29;20:82. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00814-w

Table 3.

Psychoactive drug substances found in the urine sample among PWUD

Category All* (N = 554) PWID* (N = 194)
N (%) N (%)
COC (cocaine) 346 (62.5) 110 (56.7)
MOR (heroin, morphine) 251 (45.3) 103 (53.1)
MDMA (Ecstasy) 30 (5.4) 8 (4.1)
MET (methamphetamine) 46 (8.3) 25 (12.9)
AMP (amphetamines) 74 (13.4) 21 (10.8)
MTD (methadone) 192 (34.7) 87 (44.8)
BUP (buprenorphine) 165 (29.8) 86 (44.3)
KET (ketamine) 25 (4.5) 7 (3.6)
MDP (methylphenidate) 79 (14.3) 48 (24.7)
MCAT (cathinone)** 20 (3.6) 10 (5.2)

PWID People who inject drugs, PWUD People who use drugs

*Participants may be in more than one category

**MCAT was only tested in men who report taking it in a context of chemsex (N = 148 among whom 50 were injectors)