Table 2.

Characteristics of drug addiction and enrolment at the Servizio per le Dipendenze (SerD).

		N	%
Age of initial drug use
	≤17 years	162	35.9
	18–20 years	164	36.4
	≥21 years	125	27.7
Reason for initial drug use
	Recreational	366	81.2
	Social Distress	85	18.8
Last incident of drug use
	Current	110	24.4
	1–12 months	112	24.8
	1–5 years	104	23.1
	≥6 years	125	27.7
Duration of SerD enrolment
	<1 year	26	5.8
	1–5 years	81	18.0
	6–10 years	98	21.7
	>10 years	246	54.5
Reason for SerD enrolment *
	Quit/help	312	69.1
	Methadone	157	34.8
	Other	21	4.6
	Missing	6	1.3
Total		451	100.0

* Respondents were given the option to select more than one response.