Table 3.
A Descriptive Profile of Methamphetamine Use Initiation (N = 54)
| Location of Initiation to Methamphetamine | |
| House/apartment | 44.2% (19) |
| Club/bar | 39.5% (17) |
| A rave | 7.0% (3) |
| Around the streets | 4.7% (2) |
| Circuit party | 2.3% (1) |
| Festival | 2.3% (1) |
| Unreported | 20.4% (11) |
| Social Context of Initiation to Methamphetamine | |
| Friends | 46.9% (23) |
| Individuals that they had just met that evening | 16.3% (8) |
| Significant others | 14.3% (7) |
| Acquaintances | 8.2% (4) |
| Sex partners or intended sex partners | 8.2% (4) |
| Alone | 6.0% (3) |
| Unreported | 9.3% (5) |
| Acquisition of Methamphetamine During Initiation | |
| Friends | 32.6% (15) |
| Individuals that they had just met that evening | 21.7% (10) |
| Significant others | 13.0% (6) |
| Dealers | 13.0% (6) |
| Acquaintances | 8.7% (4) |
| Sex partners or intended sex partners | 8.7% (4) |
| Family members | 2.2% (1) |
| Unreported | 14.8% (8) |