Table 1.
Self-reported frequency substance use in the past year among African American women, N= 207
| None/No Use |
Monthly Use (1+ times per month) |
Weekly Use (1+ times per week) |
Daily Use 1+ times per day |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol Use to Intoxication | 43% | 35% | 12% | 10% |
| Marijuana | 16% | 42% | 12% | 30% |
| Crack/Freebase | 69% | 11% | 8% | 12% |
| Powder Cocaine | 77% | 14% | 5% | 4% |
| Heroin & Cocaine (e.g., “ Speedball”) | 96% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Heroin | 97% | 1% | - | 2% |
| Othera | 70% | 16% | 5% | 9% |
Note: Percent of women by type of substance used and frequency of use.
a
Other represents self-reported ‘other opiate use, club drugs, sedatives, tranquilizers, amphetamines, and hallucinogens.’