Table 2.
Prescription drug source by drug category and substance use category
| Prescription drugs overall | Prescription opiates | Sedatives/Tranquilizers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 255 (%) | N = 206 (%) | N = 127 (%) | |||||||
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| Medical source | Non-medical source+ | Both | Medical source | Non-medical source+ | Both | Medical source | Non-medical source+ | Both | |
| No additional substance use | 56 (31.3) | 4 (7.8) | 3 (12.0) | 43 (25.9) | 3 (10.3) | 2 (18.2) | 26 (36.6) | 2 (5.4) | 1 (5.3) |
| Alcohol or marijuana | 61 (34.1) | 10 (19.6) | 3 (12.0) | 62 (37.4) | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (32.4) | 7 (18.9) | 3 (15.8) |
| Non-injection cocaine or heroin | 28 (15.6) | 14 (27.5) | 5 (20.0) | 29 (17.5) | 8 (27.6) | 4 (36.4) | 11 (15.5) | 12 (32.4) | 3 (15.8) |
| Injection drug use | 34 (19.0) | 23 (45.1) | 14 (56.0) | 32 (19.2) | 15 (51.8) | 5 (45.4) | 11 (15.5) | 16 (43.3) | 12 (63.1) |
| Total | 179 (70.2) | 51 (20.0) | 25 (9.8) | 166 (80.6) | 29 (14.1) | 11 (5.3) | 71 (55.9) | 37 (29.1) | 19 (15.0) |
+
Drugs obtained on the street, from a friend or a family member